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noun

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of hoity-toity
Adjective
Art Detectives Here’s a fun twist on a familiar formula: Stephen Moyer and Nina Singh star as a pair of cops investigating crimes in the U.K.’s hoity-toity art world. Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 16 June 2025 Ditch your hoity-toity cocktail reception to get down with some hometown talent and hang with a hip-hop heavyweight. Mars Salazar, Austin American-Statesman, 12 Dec. 2024 Zazu, Scar’s winged associate, is played with hoity-toity dry wit by Nick LaMedica. Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 21 Nov. 2024 From the hoity-toity BAFTAs to the jovial People’s Choice Awards, the events this past week were pretty varied. Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 24 Feb. 2024 And about having specific opinions about art not being some elitist hoity-toity thing. Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Dec. 2023 At the same time, though, the property is anything but hoity-toity. Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hoity-toity
Adjective
  • These early years emphasized goofiness, offensiveness, and mocking arrogant celebrities who pushed their platforms at award shows.
    Chris Yogerst, HollywoodReporter, 30 Aug. 2025
  • The announcement was made during a backstage segment involving NXT General Manager Ava and the arrogant superstar Lexis King.
    Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Be careful and look out for more of your mom's tomfoolery.
    Charna Flam, People.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • For instance, in between Avi’s 2004 plane ride that starts the episode’s main arc and its last-second flash-forward to 2022, the premiere revels in the rapid wordplay of a gentile girlfriend meeting a vibrant Jewish family and the general tomfoolery of a jubilant bar mitzvah.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 22 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Howard sells his smug malice, digging into Matt in a way no one has before until the whole thing devolves into a physical fight.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
  • In fact, Martineau’s sign angered plenty of Democrats, some of whom were already worried that smug liberal activists are harming the party.
    David Weigel, semafor.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Director Nisha Ganatra jollies it along, with editor Eleanor Infante making as much rhythmic sense of the mix-ups and physical craziness as possible.
    Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Ganatra and Weiss make everything feel a bit mechanical rather than an escalating spiral of craziness, and too many scenes play like montage fodder without actually taking the plot anywhere.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Tire tread depth - Checking your tire tread before hitting the road is important, as low or no tread can lead to sliding.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • And that became a very important part of the character.
    Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The vain and vengeful Witch of the Waste, jealous of their friendship, puts a curse on Sophie and turns her into a 90-year-old woman.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Community members rallied to keep the place open, and though the outcry didn’t pay off initially, their efforts weren’t in vain.
    Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The Santa Ana Zoo at Prentice Park has some monkey business going on: updates to its primate and other animal habitats, educational buildings and pathways.
    Lillian Ashworth, Oc Register, 18 July 2025
  • Do a direct export from the original system—no monkey business.
    James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 July 2025
Adjective
  • Erica Mosca is a proud first-generation college graduate who is a former teacher, former nonprofit founder and executive director, and small business owner who is the first Filipina to serve in the Nevada State Legislature representing District 14.
    Erica Mosca, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The academy noted that Greene was proud to have played roles that weren't related to his background.
    Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 3 Sep. 2025

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“Hoity-toity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hoity-toity. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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