How to Use nouveau riche in a Sentence

nouveau riche

noun
  • And yet, a fan base that quite enjoys its nouveau riche status among the blue bloods has questions.
    — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 15 Oct. 2017
  • In her cartoon universe, men were often nouveau riche posers.
    — New York Times, 3 Mar. 2020
  • Leaving behind its faux pas past, nouveau riche had become a status symbol.
    — Jamie Lauren Keiles, Vox, 5 Dec. 2018
  • Blockchain snafu aside, lavish parties were thrown left and right in the best traditions of the nouveau riche.
    — Nina Bambysheva, Forbes, 3 May 2022
  • The battle of the nouveau riche could just as easily be referred to as the Oil Firm.
    — Darren Richman, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Cut to four years later, when Rita is living the life of the nouveau riche in London.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 19 May 2024
  • New restaurants and malls catering to nouveau riche Afghans riding the economic boom appeared.
    — Christina Goldbaum Jim Huylebroek, New York Times, 29 June 2023
  • But do those same rules apply to the newly wealthy, especially a nouveau riche couple who is also Black?
    — Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 22 May 2024
  • The endeavor is largely funded by donations from the crypto nouveau riche.
    — WIRED, 2 July 2023
  • This is the story of the Trenchard family, who are part of the nouveau riche in London’s upper class.
    — ELLE, 30 Oct. 2021
  • Emulation of upper-crust speech norms became popular among the nouveau riche.
    — Valerie M. Fridland, The Conversation, 21 Apr. 2026
  • The Post Oak location is where Tony’s became a go-to for the old guard, nouveau riche and A-listers, alike.
    — Marcy De Luna, Houston Chronicle, 10 Sep. 2020
  • Park Avenue and its stately high rises for New York City's nouveau riche covered up the eyesore.
    — Kerry J. Byrne Fox News, Fox News, 2 Feb. 2024
  • In America, among the nouveau riche, fisherman’s sweaters have lost their yeoman roots and have come to symbolize the erasure of work itself.
    — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2019
  • The unspoken rule, now very much spoken, was created by the old money elite, hoping to elevate themselves above the nouveau riche, or newly wealthy.
    — Jordan Green, The Arizona Republic, 3 Sep. 2024
  • The unspoken rule, now very much spoken, was created by the old money elite, hoping to elevate themselves above the nouveau riche, or newly wealthy.
    — Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2022
  • Contrasting Joe's world — which was kind of old, deep, and very textured — Kate and Malcolm's apartment on the opposite side was more nouveau riche.
    — Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 8 Mar. 2023
  • This is a show about hustlers, businessmen, crime bosses, and the nouveau riche of the jet-set who are hungry for money and hunting for the Next Big Thing.
    — Andy Meek, BGR, 26 May 2022
  • The Mob Wife aesthetic has been characterized as nouveau riche, signaling new wealth and, perhaps, a misguided sense of what to do with it.
    — Aneliza Ruiz, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Hogeg’s effort to remake Beitar Jerusalem and reform its fans has become a flash point in Israel’s class wars, which pit an old-line working class against the nouveau riche.
    — Steven Zeitchik, Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2019
  • Vandelli thinks Stilley is nouveau riche; Stilley thinks Vandelli is a bully.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 1 May 2026
  • Jay Gatsby's car was symbolic of the roaring 1920s, the tangible symbol of the decadent wealth of the nouveau riche at the time.
    — Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 29 Aug. 2020
  • Australian winemaker Treasury Wine has for years benefited from quenching the thirst of the nouveau riche in China.
    — Jacky Wong, WSJ, 30 Nov. 2020
  • 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
  • Patrick is navigating these fast-changing waters in New York City with this wealth that's coming in, this nouveau riche stuff, and balancing it with the old money.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 8 Feb. 2022
  • 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 finals will be an odd-couple matchup, between a venerable franchise from hockey’s ancestral homeland and a nouveau riche crew from sunny Florida.
    — New York Times, 26 June 2021
  • That Molly is a member of the nouveau riche jetset who lives in Bel-Air made crafting her sartorial identity all the more interesting.
    — Leena Kim, Town & Country, 5 Aug. 2022
  • Daniels captures the swagger and the gauche trappings of the nouveau riche, along with the sense of entitlement common to those who have built their fortunes on the backs of others — and the anger and desperation when something threatens them.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 2 May 2024

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