How to Use ritzy in a Sentence

ritzy

adjective
  • I don't appreciate your ritzy advice about whom I “should” associate with.
  • Her ritzy new digs aren't the only perks of her new gig, though.
    — Noelle Devoe, Seventeen, 21 Aug. 2017
  • As a result, Andrei says their next project will be less ritzy.
    — Bridget Hallinan, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Sep. 2018
  • What would a ritzy car show be without a chance for local folks to show off their mighty rides, too?
    — By Brian Melton, star-telegram, 2 Aug. 2017
  • Just a couple guys hanging out at a ritzy restaurant for yuks and to catch up on old times.
    — Jeff Wilson, star-telegram, 19 Dec. 2017
  • And the ritzy town is only getting better with each passing year.
    — Siobhan Reid, Vogue, 25 Nov. 2025
  • Today the area is among the city’s ritziest—and gives it its iconic skyline.
    — The Economist, 13 Feb. 2020
  • The problem Manna hopes to solve isn’t ritzy, but the math and market are.
    — Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 9 Apr. 2026
  • There’s a powerful scene in a ritzy restaurant, where his class anger comes pouring out.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Of course, property in this famously ritzy coastal town doesn't come cheap.
    — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 28 Jan. 2026
  • He’s perched here for days, just staring out the window at a ritzy apartment in Paris.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 8 Nov. 2023
  • Grand Hotel Son Net and fit in with the ritzy clientele.
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 30 Aug. 2025
  • The Stooges are most in their element when they are placed out of it, in this case in a ritzy hotel.
    — Donald Liebenson, Vulture, 14 June 2024
  • But his weekends are filled with the kind of ritzy athletic pursuits that fuel his brand.
    — Rory Satran, WSJ, 3 Dec. 2022
  • Under Erozan, the clientele has got ritzier.
    — Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Many of its guests find its old-school style more welcoming than the ritzy lodges in Taos and Tahoe.
    — Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Among the maze of ritzy restaurants and elegant high-rises, there will soon be produce.
    — Kara Baskin, BostonGlobe.com, 12 May 2018
  • Some luxury brands want to own rather than rent boutiques on the world’s ritziest shopping streets.
    — Carol Ryan, WSJ, 7 Feb. 2019
  • Put in your name, and then wander around for a drink somewhere or browse the racks at the ritzy secondhand shop two doors down.
    — Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 20 July 2025
  • This sky-high penthouse at the Ritz-Carlton is, well, pretty ritzy.
    — Mary Grace Granados, Dallas News, 3 Sep. 2021
  • The case is the second shocking death in a ritzy part of the Hamptons in the past 12 months.
    — Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2025
  • And given the town’s ritzy reputation, shopping is world-class here.
    — Chadner Navarro, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 June 2026
  • Keeping full control of e-commerce is the best way to make sure that these ritzy stores remain productive.
    — Carol Ryan, WSJ, 11 Dec. 2020
  • Lucy works for a ritzy company aptly named Adore and has just brokered her ninth client wedding.
    — Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor, 12 June 2025
  • But many people have gotten the sense that its diverse clientele is not wanted in the city’s ritzy playground.
    — Adrian Walker, BostonGlobe.com, 13 May 2018
  • In that sense, the sale may highlight subdued market conditions in the ritzy suburb.
    — Bloomberg, Fortune, 27 Dec. 2017
  • Today, even the ritziest streets in the Park Cities feel like construction zones.
    — Mark Lamster, Dallas News, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Their ritzy Upper East Side townhouses shared a wall.
    — Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The first buyer planned to evict all tenants and face-lift the exterior to make way for a ritzy private hotel.
    — Troy Aidan Sambajon, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Feb. 2024
  • The ritzy Friendship Heights penthouse sports a library, bar, steam/sauna room, and other perks.
    — Mimi Montgomery, Axios, 13 Aug. 2024

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