Example Sentences

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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

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.

It is this ignorant uppishness that does the mischief.

From Treatise on Parents and Children by Shaw, Bernard

She felt, with a sense of triumph, that she had given Justine a pretty strong hint against "uppishness."

From The Treasure by Norris, Kathleen Thompson

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

From Hobson's Choice by Brighouse, Harold