How to Use snob in a Sentence

snob

noun
  • Don't be such a snob.
  • Most of the people in the club are snobs who look down on people who attended public schools.
  • Neither of us are, like, coastal snobs in this way.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 26 May 2026
  • Why should a fool, a snob, a fraud have life, and her no breath at all?
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2017
  • Your favorite wine snob will be happy as a clam.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Apr. 2026
  • There’s no nice way to say it—I’m a biscuit snob.
    — Josh Miller, Southern Living, 15 Aug. 2025
  • The hard-to-shop-for scent snob in your family?
    — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 6 Nov. 2025
  • On that one, audio snobs will never agree.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 29 Oct. 2020
  • Don’t let the football snobs deter you.
    — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 9 June 2026
  • But part of it stemmed from becoming more and more of a wine snob, too.
    — Andrea Navarro, Glamour, 23 Sep. 2021
  • Then, Carden circles back to the word snob.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 20 Mar. 2026
  • In most years, my household would be grouped among the Advent snobs.
    — Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 22 Nov. 2019
  • For design lovers and many coffee snobs, the vessel makes the drink.
    — Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 6 Mar. 2026
  • This wine will impress any wine snob, at a fraction of the price of Krug.
    — Jeanne O'Brien Coffey, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2021
  • The good news for snobs who will turn their noses up at such a tiny SSD?
    — Gordon Mah Ung, PCWorld, 2 Apr. 2020
  • Take a deep dive into the world of bubbles without feeling like a snob.
    — Rich Manning, Peoplemag, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Staff makes sure people are well-watered; this isn’t a place for snobs on either side of the bar.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Even sunset snobs concede that the sky shows here are beyond amazing.
    — Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2017
  • Since it is known as the best school, they are also sometimes regarded by their peers as snobs.
    — Suzy Hansen, The New Republic, 24 Apr. 2018
  • These trendy, colorful cans have wine snobs forgetting all about class — or at least glass.
    — Ashley Day, USA TODAY, 25 May 2018
  • Richmond was a nob without ever being a snob.
    — Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
  • Graham wasn’t a snob who thought that the markets should be the exclusive playground of the rich.
    — Jason Zweig, WSJ, 11 June 2021
  • Jonathan Franzen is watching network television, and still he is called a snob!
    — New York Times, 26 June 2018
  • Those snobs say the studio audience or, heaven forbid, the laugh track, do all the work.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 19 June 2026
  • Part of this venom comes from cooler-than-thou anti-commercial snobs.
    — Mike Oliver | [email protected], al, 13 Dec. 2019
  • Coffee snobs can still get their fix without the health risk by brewing their morning cup with a travel french press.
    — Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 13 May 2026
  • Still, the greater public saw only an exclusionary bar for snobs.
    — Joseph Hernandez, chicagotribune.com, 6 Sep. 2017
  • Adults, even music snobs, love the songs (as does Khloé Kardashian).
    — Veronique Greenwood, Time, 29 May 2026
  • Lara is a bit of a cheese snob; his favorite cheese is a blueberry goat or a merlot bellavitano.
    — Savannah Eadens, The Courier-Journal, 11 July 2019
  • Takeya’s beloved cold-brew pitcher is coffee snob–approved and wallet-friendly.
    — Francesca Krempa, StyleCaster, 25 Nov. 2025

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