stuck-up

Example Sentences

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Why are you so stuck up like that, bro?’

From Salon • Jun. 24, 2026

Updike stuck up for himself when faced with the magazine’s intrusively correct fiddling: In 1958 he sent one editor, William Maxwell, an unwavering paragraph against a single word.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

As she waited at Sunset Beach, her husband was still stuck up the hill.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 7, 2025

A toddler who suffered sinus pain and lethargy for three months was found to have a raisin stuck up her nose.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2024

“Shoot, I know folks who are cranky or stuck up or bold-faced liars and their dogs love ’em like they’re saints or something.

From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor