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.
  • Why should a fool, a snob, a fraud have life, and her no breath at all?
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2017
  • The good news for snobs who will turn their noses up at such a tiny SSD?
    — Gordon Mah Ung, PCWorld, 2 Apr. 2020
  • This wine will impress any wine snob, at a fraction of the price of Krug.
    — Jeanne O'Brien Coffey, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2021
  • For a smooth, light cup: All those coffee snobs can't be wrong.
    — Yolanda Wikiel, Redbook, 7 Sep. 2017
  • But part of it stemmed from becoming more and more of a wine snob, too.
    — Andrea Navarro, Glamour, 23 Sep. 2021
  • The fMRI research is one of the only straws a wine snob has left to grasp at.
    — Brian Palmer, Slate Magazine, 12 June 2017
  • In most years, my household would be grouped among the Advent snobs.
    — Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 22 Nov. 2019
  • Think beer snobs or Prius drivers, as the stereotypes go.
    — Business Insider, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2017
  • Since it’s egg-free, food snobs would say that Bird’s isn’t a proper custard.
    — Zahra Pettican, Bon Appetit, 8 May 2018
  • For any of the snobs who complained about Drake earlier.
    — Matt Miller, Esquire, 29 Dec. 2015
  • Graham wasn’t a snob who thought that the markets should be the exclusive playground of the rich.
    — Jason Zweig, WSJ, 11 June 2021
  • Best Fit: The TarHunt is a long-range slayer for the accuracy snob.
    — Curtis Niedermier, Outdoor Life, 18 Nov. 2019
  • Take a deep dive into the world of bubbles without feeling like a snob.
    — Rich Manning, PEOPLE.com, 29 June 2022
  • 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
  • So stop sneering at Netflix and its users, fellow snobs.
    — Sonny Bunch, The Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2017
  • At the same time, the emperor’s fondness for Li Po made him a target of jealousy for snobs and sycophants at court.
    — Yunte Huang, WSJ, 11 Jan. 2019
  • Even sunset snobs concede that the sky shows here are beyond amazing.
    — Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2017
  • Jonathan Franzen is watching network television, and still he is called a snob!
    — New York Times, 26 June 2018
  • The idea that classical music is the last refuge of musical snobs is a cliché thankfully long buried in the past.
    — Billboard Argentina, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2017
  • Please indulge us terrible East Coast snobs on this one.
    — Jason Gay, WSJ, 24 Oct. 2018
  • Why was Floyd Little so long in being recognized by those East Coast snobs?
    — Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 26 June 2019
  • My friend Henrietta, a bit of a snob, doesn't own a car and often requests a ride into town.
    — Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2021
  • Dogfish Head in Delaware has some of the tastiest beer in the country and Rogue will satisfy any beer snob.
    — William Axford, Houston Chronicle, 12 Apr. 2018
  • These trendy, colorful cans have wine snobs forgetting all about class — or at least glass.
    — Ashley Day, USA TODAY, 25 May 2018
  • 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
  • Coffee snobs know that having one of the best coffee grinders in your arsenal is imperative.
    — Jack Byram, Architectural Digest, 7 Nov. 2025
  • The hard-to-shop-for scent snob in your family?
    — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 6 Nov. 2025

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