How to Use snobby in a Sentence

snobby

adjective
  • This is not a snobby place but a place for learning and enjoying.
    — Susan Bryant, sun-sentinel.com, 5 July 2019
  • Mandy clearly saw the light at the end of the tunnel for the snobby Lana.
    — Kara Nesvig, Teen Vogue, 16 Feb. 2018
  • There’s a feeling that the film academy is too snobby for these types of movies.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 3 July 2017
  • Many said that part of the fun of watching the show was seeing teenagers be rich, snobby, and catty.
    — Annie Goldsmith, Town & Country, 22 June 2021
  • Le Cirque was always open to the charge of being snobby and elitist.
    — William Grimes, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2020
  • Let’s face it, Miami soccer fans can be a bit snobby about their beloved sport.
    — Michelle Kaufman, miamiherald, 1 July 2017
  • So does Hathaway, whose snobby actress is probably the best thing about the movie.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, azcentral, 5 June 2018
  • The other is conventional and snobby, and all about the perfect draft.
    — Leah Marilla Thomas, refinery29.com, 10 Apr. 2020
  • Spotify had killed the snobby record-store employee and taken his place.
    — Vulture, 7 Apr. 2023
  • As a snobby Sim, Roman takes it upon himself to critique the gnome as a work of art.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 2 June 2023
  • Gilman, for his part, specialized in eviscerating takedowns that now feel snobby or mean.
    — Eve Fairbanks, Washington Post, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Corden donned yet another wig to play the snobby retail clerk who turned away Roberts’ Vivian.
    — Alexia Fernandez, PEOPLE.com, 14 Oct. 2017
  • But Apfel was by no means a snobby collector, or an aristocratic devotee of haute couture.
    — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2024
  • And that led us to an aesthetic that combines our sense of humor and our obtuse, snobby art rock sensibility.
    — Bill Kopp, SPIN, 30 Oct. 2024
  • The story of a randomly snobby kid who calls himself an anti-fan, goes to one game and then calls himself a fan is unremarkable.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2025
  • The key thing about these scams is that in both cases the snobby cultural elites who Trump professes to disdain didn’t lose anything.
    — Matthew Yglesias, Vox, 18 Oct. 2018
  • The list leans adventurous but not snobby—chill reds, orange wines, pét-nats that taste like Miami sunsets.
    — Outside, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Forcing everyone to the same side of the road, besides being good for traffic, was part of doing away with these snobby class distinctions.
    — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 2 Mar. 2024
  • Maybe these songs aren’t the first choice for music snobby generations like mine that were explicitly instructed to burn out, not fade away.
    — Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Mar. 2021
  • George has never dated a woman before, and her reluctance to come out to her snobby friend group eats at Mae’s confidence.
    — The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2021
  • And worse, by being snobby, Apple is discouraging app creators from taking some risks and trying out a wacky idea.
    — Adam Duvander, WIRED, 12 Aug. 2008
  • Noni Rose’s snobby Regina, who comes to play a somewhat unfeasibly large role in Alex’s life—stiffs her.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 27 Sep. 2021
  • Unlike the snobby stores of yore, these places are less intimidating because the people who work there actually want to help you.
    — Belle Cushing, Bon Appetit, 28 Aug. 2017
  • This social satire of snobby London literati is about authors, their lovers and muses, and the class dynamics that attract and repel them.
    — James Folta, Literary Hub, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Now that Meghan and Harry are public, the royal family's being so snobby about Meghan.
    — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 13 May 2018
  • Get ready for a lot of stunning ball gowns, snobby queen mothers, and fairytale endings—because here’s your full list of the best royal Hallmark movies ever.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 15 May 2018
  • For Angelenos, beating the snobby ones from the Bay Area is job one and should not be treated as just another game by the Rams.
    — Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2020
  • Somehow, that failed to resonate with the Oscar voters, who for whatever snobby reason didn’t see what was so special about Lopez’s star moment.
    — Joe Reid, Vulture, 22 Feb. 2021
  • Cloris Leachman played Phyllis Lindstrom, Mary's snobby friend and landlady.
    — Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 14 May 2026
  • In the movie, Tyler and the other aspiring lifeguards go up against some local snobby kids to land a spot at Malibu Beach's ultimate beach tower.
    — Jasmine Gomez, Seventeen, 9 May 2019

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