Parvenu example sentences

Related (8): upstart, arriviste, pretender, vulgarian, striver, climber, outsider, aspiring.

"Parvenu" Example Sentences

The parvenu flaunted his wealth in an ostentatious display.
The established families looked down upon the nouveau riche parvenus.
The old money families viewed the parvenu as uncultured and gauche.
The parvenu purchased expensive status symbols to show off his wealth.
The parvenu could not hide his provincial manners and mannerisms.
The socially-aspiring parvenu clamored for invitations to high society events.
The parvenu tried in vain to fit in with the upper-class set.
Though wealthy, the parvenu lacked the polish and refinement of true aristocracy.
The old family snubbed the parvenu's attempts at social climbing.
His rude and crass behavior marked him as a parvenu.
The parvenu's excessive displays of wealth elicited disdain.
The cultured elite viewed the parvenu with condescension and contempt.
Rumors of scandal and illegitimacy clung to the newly rich parvenu family.
Even with money, some people remain as parvenus.
The old guard quickly recognized the parvenu who did not belong.
No amount of money can buy true class for a parvenu.
Though rich, the parvenu could not shed his lower-class origins.
The parvenu's unrefined tastes betrayed his meager upbringing.
Being disdained as an uncouth parvenu was a bitter pill to swallow.
Despite his lavish lifestyle, he remained a crass social-climbing parvenu.
His money made him wealthy but not respectable, leaving him a boorish parvenu.
The parvenu's coarse jokes fell flat with the well-bred crowd.
The parvenu had the money but lacked the manners of true gentility.
His origins haunted the parvenu who desperately wanted social acceptance.
The parvenu's gauche manners created an awkward social faux pas.
No amount of fancy clothes could disguise the rough edges of the parvenu.
His attempts to fit in only highlighted his parvenu status.
The self-made parvenu longed to mingle with the aristocracy.
The nouveau riche lifestyle of the parvenu was frankly gaudy.
The parvenu's pretensions always revealed his undistinguished background.
The sneering aristocrats cruelly mocked the parvenu's social climbing.
Being ridiculed as a parvenu was an embarrassing social slight.
The parvenu tried desperately to affect the manners of the aristocracy.
His money could buy luxury but not respect, relegating him to a parvenu.
Despite his wealth, he remained an oafish social climbing parvenu.
The parvenu aspired to a gentility that would forever elude him.
His new money could not erase his humble origins and parvenu status.
The aristocracy tolerated the parvenu but never fully accepted him.
Even surrounded by finery, the parvenu could not shed his low breeding.
High society viewed the gauche parvenu with thinly-veiled amusement.
The sophisticated set could not help but laugh at the awkward parvenu.
The snobbish aristocrats took delight in mocking the pretensions of the parvenu.
The parvenu family would never truly belong in high society.
No amount of money could buy class or refinement for the uncouth parvenu.
Being scorned as a parvenu stung his pride but did not change his behavior.
His awkward attempts to fit in only reinforced his perceived parvenu status.
The self-made parvenu's social climbing was both ambitious and pathetic.
Money cannot erase generations of coarse breeding in a parvenu.
Even the finest things could not hide the parvenu's shallow soul.
The cultured crowd yearned to cut the socially-aspiring parvenu down to size.
The haughty aristocracy ridiculed the parvenu's poorly-mimicked manners.
The parvenu's crass attempts at sophistication were sadly transparent.
His thick accent and obvious affectation marked him as an uncultured parvenu.
His manners betrayed his attempts to escape the stigma of being a parvenu.
Only among his own kind could the parvenu escape mockery and scorn.
The parvenu's crude attempts at sophistication only highlighted his social gaucheness.
Mockery was the only weapon against the pretension and ambition of the parvenu.
The parvenu longed to shake the stigma of his upstart origins.
The would-be aristocrat remained an uncomfortable gauche parvenu.
Only true breeding can distinguish a gentleman from a moneyed parvenu.