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

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

From BBC

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

From Los Angeles Times

The wealthiest and most international city in America, its grand mansions and comfortable houses would obviously be useful as a base for an invading army that was just beginning a campaign against uppity colonials.

From Washington Post

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