How to Use arrogant in a Sentence

arrogant

adjective

• She's first in her class, but she's not arrogant about it.
• This is not the time to be anything close to arrogant or picky.
  — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Aug. 2023
• But Mr Xi has called it arrogant and out of touch and closed down its school.
  — The Economist, 26 Oct. 2017
• First of all, that’s what an arrogant statement that is to make.
  — Jenelle Riley, Variety, 24 July 2023
• Her Madame Curie is bold—even arrogant—and not afraid to speak her mind.
  — Cristine Russell, Scientific American, 9 Aug. 2020
• Holding the draft in three weeks is even more arrogant.
  — Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, 30 Mar. 2020
• Having fun, man, and don’t come here and be arrogant with it.
  — Mark Inabinett | [e-mail], al, 29 Aug. 2020
• So the most important thing now is to not get arrogant about it.
  — Dave Kallmann, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 Dec. 2019
• And this was what Chris thought about Mark: a real arrogant, smart-ass punk.
  — Michelle Slatalla and Joshua Quittner, WIRED, 1 Dec. 1994
• This is Cruise at his most Cruise-iest, coiled, sure and arrogant, teeth gleaming in the sunshine.
  — Mark Kennedy, Chron, 12 May 2022
• The king of France assumes an arrogant pose, with his left hand on his hip to expose his sword.
  — Kate C. Lemay, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 July 2023
• The much bigger, stronger Jax is favored by fans over the arrogant, cocky Miss Bliss.
  — Jim Varsallone, miamiherald, 4 May 2018
• That the arrogant Fleischman doesn’t take to the place – even as the town populace (or most of it) takes to him – is the stuff of which TV shows are made.
  — Gary Levin, USA TODAY, 11 July 2020
• Hubris is still the provenance of the arrogant assumption.
  — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Jan. 2024
• Sometimes that might seem arrogant to some people but that's just the way I was brought up.
  — Morgan Korn, ABC News, 5 May 2023
• Their fans chests were puffed out and their voices as arrogant...
  — oregonlive, 30 Nov. 2020
• As a result, the players have been branded as brash and even arrogant.
  — Anne M. Peterson, baltimoresun.com, 4 July 2019
• In the 26½ years since the third movie was released, the Mighty Ducks have become an elite, arrogant powerhouse.
  — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 Mar. 2021
• The poor ones on the street are just more honest and visible than the arrogant goobers in suits doing business in the dark crevices of Goat Hill.
  — J.d. Crowe | [e-mail], al.com, 12 July 2019
• The wife wanted the spaces to be pretty but not fussy, good-looking but not arrogant.
  — Kathleen Hackett, House Beautiful, 4 Aug. 2016
• Enough is enough, time to tell the arrogant, unelected EU bullies where to go.
  — Adam Shaw, Fox News, 21 Sep. 2018
• And those who think it’s crazy, or arrogant, at first, usually will come around.
  — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Aug. 2022
• The charismatic — and arrogant — Charles has agreed to the interview only if Cecily makes the climb all the way to the top with him and his team.
  — Sun Sentinel, 25 May 2022
• Violence causes the same pain, the same spilling of blood, the same stench of death, the same arrogant, cruel, and vicious taking of life.
  — Matthew Scully, National Review, 4 Oct. 2020
• The Astros seem defiant, arrogant and ready to take on all doubters.
  — Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, 5 Oct. 2020
• The first was a combative bully, the other, an arrogant despot.
  — Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 16 June 2022
• Jeremy Malcolm is an arrogant and wealthy man cut from the same cloth as Mr. Darcy.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 24 Aug. 2020
• In Aesop’s fable, the arrogant hare taunts the tortoise for getting nowhere.
  — W. James Antle Iii, Washington Examiner, 29 Mar. 2023
• Manji will appear as Crispin, an arrogant, pompous employee at a fancy, high-end hardware store who snubs George.
  — Katie Campione, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2024
• Nobody wants to be around an arrogant or disrespectful individual, in the workplace or in day-to-day life.
  — Allbusiness, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 10 Dec 2024