uppity

Example Sentences

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The man he persuaded to join the club when Rangers were getting uppity in 2016 and needed putting back in a box.

From BBC • Oct. 27, 2025

Like that comedy series, the film breaks the fourth wall by having its protagonist, Anne Elliot, the daughter of an uppity aristocrat, share witty commentary on the story’s happenings directly to the audience.

From Washington Post • Jul. 16, 2022

Second, play the adjoining 10-hole course, which isn’t as uppity as its country-club name — the Lakes at El Segundo — makes it sound.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 21, 2022

“When unemployment is ultra low, the uppity times are behind us, and when it’s super high, there are good times ahead,” said Padhraic Garvey, a head of research at ING, a global bank.

From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2022

All these people, so uppity and polite, can’t manage to get that little word out, or at least can’t make me believe they really mean it.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz