uppity

Example Sentences

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There's also the politics: drivers are a loud, powerful voting bloc, and they "get uppity" when they see parking space taken away, he says.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

Here he applies his rich baritone to the refrains of “Teenage Dream” as his newly invented character, Lance, an uppity French nobleman, cavorts friskily with old flame Angelique.

From Washington Post • Nov. 27, 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

He never spoke about his education or teaching position while he was there, not wanting his employers or customers to call him uppity and take away his job.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry