stuck-up

Example Sentences

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She leaps on the wall dividing her home and that of her stuck-up neighbors, in heels no less.

From Salon • Feb. 4, 2026

Neil’s father, who has health problems, assumes his son will join him in his painting business; Topher’s are conservative stuck-up pills who, like Amanda, have him slated for a career in finance.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 1, 2025

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: A gallant blue-collar widower strikes up an improbable romance with a wealthy, stuck-up heiress betrothed to a cocky himbo who is written expressly to be disliked.

From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2022

She is notable for playing a stuck-up new friend of Dorothy’s in a third-season episode.

From Washington Times • Apr. 23, 2022

“Ain’t she stuck-up, though?” said the bigger girl.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez