How to Use arrogant in a Sentence

arrogant

adjective
  • She's first in her class, but she's not arrogant about it.
  • And that was so arrogant and stupid on my part.
    — Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 3 June 2026
  • But for some, it was seen as arrogant.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Maybe so, but that’s an arrogant thing for such a young killer to say.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 5 Apr. 2025
  • Some might see you as arrogant.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The word means arrogant or haughty.
    — Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
  • This is not the time to be anything close to arrogant or picky.
    — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Aug. 2023
  • First of all, that’s what an arrogant statement that is to make.
    — Jenelle Riley, Variety, 24 July 2023
  • Having fun, man, and don’t come here and be arrogant with it.
    — Mark Inabinett | [email protected], 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
  • Her Madame Curie is bold—even arrogant—and not afraid to speak her mind.
    — Cristine Russell, Scientific American, 9 Aug. 2020
  • But Mr Xi has called it arrogant and out of touch and closed down its school.
    — The Economist, 26 Oct. 2017
  • He has also been called arrogant by some people.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 14 Apr. 2026
  • As if any of us could be so arrogant as to pretend to play defense with the Reaper.
    — Corey Buhay, Outside Online, 1 Feb. 2025
  • By losing some of its arrogant charm, Doom has also lost the means to back it up.
    — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2025
  • As a result, the players have been branded as brash and even arrogant.
    — Anne M. Peterson, baltimoresun.com, 4 July 2019
  • Earth Tigers are generous, but can have an arrogant side as well.
    — Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE.com, 29 Jan. 2022
  • My brother-in-law has always been arrogant.
    — Judith Martin, Mercury News, 9 June 2026
  • 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
  • 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 boy is arrogant, Helen thinks.
    — Sadia Shepard, New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2026
  • But that’s not the end for Ackles’ arrogant, macho supe.
    — Olivia Singh, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
  • Not even the pork choppers were as arrogant and scornful of voting rights as the current mob.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 11 May 2026
  • And ironically, the most arrogant ones are the worst ones.
    — Outside Online, 11 Feb. 2026
  • The wife wanted the spaces to be pretty but not fussy, good-looking but not arrogant.
    — Kathleen Hackett, House Beautiful, 4 Aug. 2016
  • But Lobo isn't some mindless arrogant hulk out to impose his indomitable will.
    — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 6 June 2026
  • The Astros seem defiant, arrogant and ready to take on all doubters.
    — Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, 5 Oct. 2020
  • Gonzalez was a playmaker, arrogant in a good way when the chance was there to make a special play.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2019
  • The first was a combative bully, the other, an arrogant despot.
    — Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 16 June 2022
  • This is the kind of arrogant survival of the fittest entitlement that says their pleasure is worth more than your life.
    — Tony Bravo, SFChronicle.com, 15 Jan. 2021

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