Example Sentences

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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

His bad temper had disappeared, but his "uppishness" had, if possible, increased.

From Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)

The worst faults I had in my prime were conceit and uppishness, but they only came from my ignorance.

From The Devil's Garden by Maxwell, W. B.

You'll control this uppishness that's growing on you.

From Hobson's Choice by Brighouse, Harold

And besides, I can't stand uppishness, and I won't.

From The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns by Bennett, Arnold