14 example sentences using uppity.
Uppity used in a sentence
Uppity in a sentence as an adjective
If SV gets too "uppity," they just have to come in and spread some more money around.
Right, just like those uppity negroes deserved to be put in their place back in the day.
It was like the government wanted to teach "the people" a lesson for getting too uppity.
"This is also the reason why those uppity gays are not content with the crumbs of "social unions.
Those uppity cleaning staff better not get the balls and gall to make a blog on-line about it either!
Call ourselves hackers, get influenced by some ***** who sounds like an uppity high school headmaster.
I don't blame you - I put it off until last year because I had heard that Dawkins was uppity and confrontational.
Do you really think Larry cares about what some uppity yankee hipster thinks about his company?
I'm going to use this as a way to determine if the person I'm interviewing with is an uppity douchebag.
Your uppity tech salary will again be paltry peanuts compared to the all the hedge fund guys that "turn the market upside down" here.
I think there's something wrong with you if you get all uppity and bent out of shape over a senior developer calling you out.
To suggest that a women, just because she is a women, shouldn't bring harrasement lawsuits beacause that would make all women seem uppity is so antiquated.
I cant understand why, if you have an ounce of pride, youd not want everything you release to be the best you could do?This is all a little uppity coming from a blog using the Svbtle theme.
But if coincidentally you hate black women and are in charge of assigning kids and the 24 year old single hottie white woman just happens to "randomly" get all the angelic gifted and talented wonderkids, and the uppity black woman happens to have assigned to her all the village morons and wannabe gang members, well I guess the black woman's numbers are going to suck.
Uppity definitions
presumptuously arrogant; "had a witty but overweening manner"; "no idea how overweening he would be"- S.V.Benet; "getting a little uppity and needed to be slapped down"- NY Times
See also: overweening