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How to use snobbery in a sentence

10 example sentences · noun, adjective

Snobbery means the property or trait of being a snob. Example: “His dislike of the residents of the wealthier neighbourhood was simply inverted snobbery.”

Examples of snobbery by meaning

adjectiveSynonym of snobby.

  • The only thing Volksworld acts snobbery about is the amount of dangerously built shit they have had to put with over the years.1999 March 30, Nick Howarth, “Volksworld^([sic]) stinks”, in uk.rec.cars.vw.aircooled (Usenet), archived from the original on 24 Sep 2025
  • Didn't act snobbery like so many Kappins.2016, C. D. Moulton, chapter 10, in A Strange Place (Flight of the Maita; 14), [Morrisville, N.C.]: Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 139

More sentences with snobbery

  • His dislike of the residents of the wealthier neighbourhood was simply inverted snobbery.From the entry inverted snobbery
  • Even the tabloid Bild, hardly known as a haven of art-house snobbery, published a hatchet job.2023 January 27, Philip Oltermann, “German critics pan Oscar-nominated All Quiet On the Western Front”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry hatchet job
  • CDWM brings class into the picture because it tapped into the snobbery of viewers.2023 September 23, Tim Hayward, “Not so easy does it”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN…. From the entry detumescent
  • They successfully transcended all kinds of snobbery and racial distaste in England, France, Germany and Austria.1966, Randolph S[pencer] Churchill, Winston S. Churchill, volumes I (Youth, 1874–1900), Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Company…. From the entry Rothschildren
  • Snobbery has no place in my personal connoisseurship, since my quesos of choice are (almost) invariably made of processed cheese.2012, Alison Cook, “Why Chile con Queso Matters”, in Brett Anderson, Sara Camp Arnold, John T. Edge, editors, Cornbread Nation 6: The Best…. From the entry queso
  • Brown’s fine ear for casual snobbery.2007 June 8, Janet Maslin, “The Diana Chronicles”, in New York Times. From the entry sitcomlike
  • The past decade or so has witnessed the rise and rise of a savage snobbery that selects for vilification the most systematically deprived and excluded British citizens.2007 January 14, Sarah Wise, “Apartheid is alive and well in Britain”, in The Guardian. From the entry pramface
  • Tanqueray, And we are theoretically Most aesthetically Eager to display The fact that we're aggressively And excessively Anxious to destroy All the snobbery And hob-nobbery Of the hoi-polloi.1934, Noël Coward, Play Parade, page 334. From the entry hoi polloi

Meaning of snobbery

  1. noun The property or trait of being a snob.
  2. adjective Synonym of snobby.

Full definition of snobbery

Questions about snobbery in a sentence

How do you use snobbery in a sentence?
Snobbery is used as a noun and adjective. For example: “His dislike of the residents of the wealthier neighbourhood was simply inverted snobbery.”
What is a short sentence with snobbery?
“Brown’s fine ear for casual snobbery.”
What does snobbery mean?
Snobbery means the property or trait of being a snob.

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