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

Elisabeth is a new mom — a writer and a reluctant suburbanite, recently transplanted upstate from Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn — whose narrative voice is characterized by an unflagging snobbishness and a somewhat joyless, acerbic outlook.

From New York Times • Jun. 26, 2020

Yet for all of the snobbishness about Tukwila, about 45,000 jobs are located there — outnumbering its residents 2:1.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 7, 2018

He had none of the snobbishness of an impoverished parvenu, who is ashamed of being obliged suddenly to retrench, and hides his economies as a crime.

From 'Gloria Victis!' A Romance by Schubin, Ossip