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the snobby waiter gave me a withering look when I ordered the cheapest wine on the list
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Kiss weathered cynicism and disinterest from the snobby New York music scene in their early months — Frehley worked as a taxi driver to pay the bills — but, crucially, united with manager Bill Aucoin in September 1973, who began plotting the band’s path to stardom with the bandmembers.
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Jem Aswad, Variety, 16 Oct. 2025
The actress was best known for her role as snobby social climber Hyacinth Bucket in Keeping Up Appearances, the BBC comedy that ran for five seasons between 1990 and 1995.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2025
With the camel’s back broken, Dorothy Scott, summoning all her righteous indignation (and channeled with maybe one-third of Audra McDonald’s extraordinary talent, which is still enough to power the city of Manhattan), lets the snobby scold have it.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 11 Aug. 2025
The story of a randomly snobby kid who calls himself an anti-fan, goes to one game and then calls himself a fan is unremarkable.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2025
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Jem Aswad, Variety, 16 Oct. 2025
The actress was best known for her role as snobby social climber Hyacinth Bucket in Keeping Up Appearances, the BBC comedy that ran for five seasons between 1990 and 1995.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2025
With the camel’s back broken, Dorothy Scott, summoning all her righteous indignation (and channeled with maybe one-third of Audra McDonald’s extraordinary talent, which is still enough to power the city of Manhattan), lets the snobby scold have it.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 11 Aug. 2025
The story of a randomly snobby kid who calls himself an anti-fan, goes to one game and then calls himself a fan is unremarkable.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for snobby
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“Snobby.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snobby. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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