snobbishness

Example Sentences

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To Sohm, snobbishness on the part of a sommelier is a sign of insecurity; he has seen it in some young members of his profession.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

There are several things that have put me off television apart from pure snobbishness.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 27, 2020

I was, to put it bluntly, at my apogee of cinematic snobbishness.

From The Guardian • Apr. 24, 2020

A stylish and well-informed writer, Thompson brings a snobbishness of her own to her sympathetic account of Mitford’s life.

From New York Times • Dec. 3, 2019

But parents must carefully avoid all suggestion of snobbishness in their young sons and daughters.

From Book of Etiquette Volume I by Eichler, Lillian