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

The household was vegetarian before this was trendy or socially acceptable, and yet not in an uppity way.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 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

Others think he’s too uppity, so he is let go.

From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2022

Everything about Miss New Jersey is regal, but not in a conceited, uppity, stank way.

From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles