snooty

Example Sentences

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Her plot-rich story includes art terrorists, undercover agents, snooty Parisians, sneaky New Yorkers and a one-armed billionaire.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

California had its own north/south rivalry, and Otis resented Northern Californians’ snooty perception of the “cow counties” south of the Tehachapi Mountains.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 2, 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

Coffee was seen as a patriotic drink in the colonies following the Boston Tea Party, but it was also a snooty one.

From Salon • Dec. 9, 2023

He read directly from the speech without looking up, but he read with the confident, airy tone of a slightly snooty academic.

From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green