How to Use nouveau riche in a Sentence

nouveau riche

noun

• Emulation of upper-crust speech norms became popular among the nouveau riche.
  — Valerie M. Fridland, The Conversation, 21 Apr. 2026
• Vandelli thinks Stilley is nouveau riche; Stilley thinks Vandelli is a bully.
  — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 1 May 2026
• Displays of it, particularly in architecture or public art, are often perceived as tacky, kitschy or, heaven forbid, nouveau riche.
  — Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2026
• For decades, when most people thought about Baden-Baden, the image that likely came to mind was that of a rather stuffy luxury resort where wealthy seniors shared the town with nouveau riche newcomers.
  — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Jan. 2026
• The series is set in late 19th-century London and follows four generations of the Forsytes, who have lived and thrived as members of the nouveau riche for five decades.
  — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 22 Mar. 2026
• The rule dates back to the 19th century and was founded by old-money circles in the Northeast to differentiate themselves from the nouveau riche trying to infiltrate the social elite.
  — Starr Bowenbank, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
• If the digital nouveau riche have sufficient discretionary income to unseat the coupon-clipping linear-TV gang, all that outsized buying power may not necessarily translate to a full-on tech takeover.
  — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 18 Mar. 2026
• Trouble begins brewing with the arrival of their nouveau riche neighbors, Edgar Linton (Shazad Latif), and his ward, Isabella (Alison Oliver).
  — Radhika Seth, Vogue, 9 Feb. 2026
• As nouveau riche neighbor Yermolái (Lance Gardner) tries to impress upon the profligate Liubóv that her property is in arrears and about to be auctioned off, the rules and tone of their world still seem unsettled under the direction of Carey Perloff.
  — Theater Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Feb. 2026
• With the farm suddenly unsustainable, there’s nothing for it but to pack up and seek work in Pristina, where Hatixhe’s sister Lina (Fiona Gllavica) lives a comfortable nouveau riche life in a large, gleaming new-build home courtesy of her entrepreneur husband Alban (Alban Ukaj).
  — Guy Lodge, Variety, 31 Jan. 2026