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    Use "priggish" in a sentence

    priggish example sentences

    priggish


    1. I had to be reminded periodically that there were lots of Mormons in the area including Mike’s priggish secretary, so to watch my language and not tell jokes which she could overhear from the nearby lunch room


    2. Instead, I was becoming master of the middle ground; a priggish Jack of all trades whose epitaph would read: He did nothing to excess and offended no one


    3. Lambert,” said Eddie in his most priggish voice


    4. We studied rhym’d Speeches to bid Farewell to the World, an’ our priggish Friends made certain that all along the Way up Holborn Hill, we should be follow’d by Maids in white, with great silk Scarves a-wavin’ an’ Baskets o’ Flow’rs an’ Oranges


    5. It is a very strong tale, full of color, with a consistently developed plot, constructed with a fine sense of proportion and vivid characterization, except in one respect, which constitutes the weak point of the story—that is to say, the character of Dick Lawton, who is somewhat priggish and altogether disappointing


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    Synonyms for "priggish"

    priggish prim prissy prudish puritanical square-toed straight-laced straightlaced strait-laced straitlaced tight-laced victorian

    "priggish" definitions

    exaggeratedly proper