Example Sentences
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To Sohm, snobbishness on the part of a sommelier is a sign of insecurity; he has seen it in some young members of his profession.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025
There are several things that have put me off television apart from pure snobbishness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 27, 2020
Elisabeth is a new mom — a writer and a reluctant suburbanite, recently transplanted upstate from Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn — whose narrative voice is characterized by an unflagging snobbishness and a somewhat joyless, acerbic outlook.
From New York Times ● Jun. 26, 2020
Yet for all of the snobbishness about Tukwila, about 45,000 jobs are located there — outnumbering its residents 2:1.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 7, 2018
You perhaps know what a dangerous quality snobbishness is in a girl’s school.
From The Motor Maids' School Days by Stokes, Katherine
