How to Use upper crust in a Sentence

upper crust

noun
  • Among the upper crust, such a thing would not have been comme il faut.
    — Moira Hodgson, WSJ, 5 July 2018
  • Simply put, that means more losses which is going to be hard for the upper crust to accept.
    — Erick Smith, USA TODAY, 28 July 2021
  • And in the absence of that noise, Earth's upper crust is moving just a little less.
    — Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 2 Apr. 2020
  • Some things are changing in the upper crust, even if just a little and mainly for the worst offenders.
    — Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 10 Nov. 2020
  • The team, though, doesn’t stand out, not when measured against the NFL’s upper crust.
    — Bob Sansevere, Twin Cities, 8 Dec. 2019
  • Of course, there’s more to a visit here with The Vault than simple upper crust cosplay.
    — Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 20 Jan. 2026
  • What, exactly, has given these members of the upper crust the vapors?
    — J.c. Pan, The New Republic, 24 Sep. 2020
  • Even the upper crust of British society needs to take a break from social media sometimes.
    — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 4 Nov. 2021
  • Two of the teams taking the court represent the upper crust of college basketball.
    — Erick Smith, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2022
  • The next wish is purchased by Nour, who comes from Cairo’s upper crust (and uses they/them pronouns).
    — Jonathan Guyer, Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2023
  • To be sure, Carroll is a woman who moves in Manhattan’s upper crust.
    — Rachel Tashjian, Washington Post, 9 May 2023
  • But Utah is now part of the conference’s upper crust, winner of the South in two of the past three seasons.
    — oregonlive, 6 May 2021
  • Due to expense and size, vacuums were limited to the upper crust of society.
    — Matt Blitz, Popular Mechanics, 23 May 2016
  • And Republicans just passed another round of tax cuts to offer a helping hand to the upper crust.
    — New York Times, 29 May 2018
  • With Houston pushing to stay in the West’s upper crust, the Rockets are known to be shopping.
    — John Hollinger, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
  • By the 18th century, they were meant to distinguish judges and lawyers — and other members of the upper crust.
    — Kevin Sieff, Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2017
  • But the Clippers’ struggles against the league’s upper crust aren’t limited to this Mile High matchup.
    — Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2023
  • In the future, the masses may make do with simple-minded domestic robots while the upper crust hires ever more butlers and maids.
    — Jerry Kaplan, WSJ, 21 July 2017
  • Some historians consider the inn for the upper crust the apogee of Astor’s career.
    — Lauren Mowery, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Jason Gerace directs this story of a young woman from a poor but creative family who falls in love with a young man from the upper crust.
    — Kerry Reid, chicagotribune.com, 23 May 2018
  • In half an hour, the quiet restaurant will transform into a rollicking playground for Dallas’ upper crust, and those who try to keep up.
    — Claire Ballor, Dallas News, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Yet the Olympics come with their own set of challenges and costs, especially for the emerging members of skateboarding’s upper crust.
    — Scott Cacciola, New York Times, 29 Nov. 2019
  • Groot Constantia first laid roots in 1685 and quickly gained a loyal following among the upper crust.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 29 May 2021
  • Based on his results over the last year-plus, the Brewers’ Corbin Burnes certainly must be included among the game’s upper crust.
    — Tony Blengino, Forbes, 16 June 2021
  • The same goes for the city’s upper crust, which includes the Wayne family — not that Bruce associates with his fellow patricians.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 Feb. 2022
  • Although Bebe’s words are correct, the upper crust of Shaker Heights is mortified by the intrusion.
    — Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 18 Mar. 2020
  • But luckily 2022 is packed with juicy subplots beyond the sport’s stale upper crust that should produce intrigue every week of the season.
    — Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2022
  • Which is what made Friday night’s effort against the Eastern Conference’s upper crust all the more noteworthy.
    — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 8 Mar. 2025
  • But Denver was not returning to the NFL’s upper crust as a family business.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Right from the beginning, the sculptures drew the admiration of society’s wealthy upper crust, first in France and then in England.
    — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 12 May 2024

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