uppishness
Example Sentences
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This would trouble and irritate some people; the sublime equanimity of the hired boatman under the ordeal affords us a beautiful lesson against ambition and uppishness.
From Three Men in a Boat by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)
However, his tail was still up, as he brought it back, and he gave it an extra furious bite, just to show that he would tolerate no uppishness on account of this preliminary defeat.
From Mufti by McNeile, H. C. (Herman Cyril)
Ye observe, it was only to throw cold water on the unthrifty flame of a mother’s pride that I said this, and to pull down uppishness from its heathenish temple in the heart, head-foremost.
From The Life of Mansie Wauch Tailor in Dalkeith, written by himself by Moir, David Macbeth
The husband saw and felt their coldness towards his wife, while Mrs. Phillips filled his ears with complaints of their uppishness, and their disagreeable ways.
From Mr. Hogarth's Will by Spence, Catherine Helen
When mere uppishness takes it the end is not changed, though it may be reached more precipitately and disastrously.
From New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1 From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index by Various
