How to Use uppity in a Sentence

uppity

adjective

• Don't get uppity with me.
• He was called a coward, a traitor, a dupe, and an uppity N-word.
  — Jonathan Eig, Slate Magazine, 26 Sep. 2017
• And that he and, by proxy, Hillary Clinton are not afraid to put these uppity negroes back in their place.
  — Susana Morris, Cosmopolitan, 8 Apr. 2016
• The local soccer stars got trashed and uppity at Epcot.
  — David Whitley, OrlandoSentinel.com, 7 Oct. 2017
• Even the Hot Dog and Sausage Council warned against getting too uppity where frankfurters are concerned.
  — Joseph Gerth, The Courier-Journal, 19 July 2017
• Sticking it to uppity black millionaires has been good for business since the first cretin came up with the lie that the first black president wasn't born in this country, and well before that even.
  — Robert Klemko, SI.com, 5 June 2018
• The barristers had an idea: to set up a new sort of practice unfettered by ancient quirks of the bar, including the power of those uppity middlemen.
  — Simon Akam, Bloomberg.com, 23 May 2017
• Historically, there’s always been a steep price to pay for being uppity or not knowing one’s place.
  — C. Nicole Mason, The Root, 1 July 2017
• But Jefferson, this uppity aristocrat, just enjoys being, for lack of a better word, a prick to Hamilton.
  — Ashley Lee, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 June 2017
• Marylin McGinnis seems too young to play a formidable elderly woman but gives the part suitable bite, and Amy Hughes shines in two roles — a no-nonsense nurse and an uppity dance instructor.
  — Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 12 July 2019
• This upset Japanese firms, which were not accustomed to dealing with uppity young academics.
  — Takashi Mochizuki, WSJ, 2 Nov. 2018
• Forty years later, trashing is still progressives’ favorite tactic to deploy against uppity women.
  — Laurie Penny, Longreads, 29 Mar. 2018
• The Party will not tolerate Hong Kong’s brash, uppity independence until 2047.
  — Nr Editors, National Review, 20 June 2019
• Both Barack and Michelle Obama have been publicly chided by conservatives for being uppity, or for believing that they and their children are entitled to the same rights, opportunities and privileges as whites.
  — C. Nicole Mason, The Root, 1 July 2017
• Louisiana is almost two thirds white, and two thirds of House members who voted Monday supported monuments that were put up to intimidate black people who entertained uppity thoughts.
  — Jarvis Deberry, NOLA.com, 17 May 2017

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