snooty

Example Sentences

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DNA is a snooty aristocrat, never stooping to engage in day-to-day tasks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025

“Grosse Pointe Garden Society” is set in the upscale, i.e. snooty, Detroit suburb of that name.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2025

The Oscars will never be the place for snooty cinephiles like myself to exercise our theories and pet squabbles.

From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2024

It is full of colorful stories of speak-easy proprietors, snooty bigwigs, hapless rabbis, stone-cold gangsters and intimidating cobblers.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 15, 2023

“Oh, it’s you again,” Handsome said in a low, snooty voice.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el