Examples of 'jumped-up' in a sentence

Meaning of "jumped-up"

jumped-up (verb): past tense verb phrase used informally to describe someone who has suddenly or undeservedly gained a higher social status, authority, or confidence
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  • Thinking or acting as if one is superior, as by pretending to be of a higher class or having greater authority than is the case.
  • Having risen from a lowly station or an inferior position, often with a conceited or arrogant attitude.

How to use "jumped-up" in a sentence

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This jumped-up firework display of a toy advert.
I am no hype man for some jumped-up engineer.
This jumped-up little thug is gonna bankrupt us.
I will not be patronised by a jumped-up barmaid.
Jumped-up blowhard lecturing them on justice.
You are just a jumped-up posh little tart.
It turns out that what she desired was some jumped-up gigolo.
You are a jumped-up gangster and always were.
You conceited egotistical jumped-up nobody.
I stole from some jumped-up punk who was trying to step on our action.
He never saw you as anything but a jumped-up sharecropper.
They are jumped-up servants who think they are better than the rest of us.
You gave them to that jumped-up cow in the library.
That jumped-up drink of water sent a pretty little girl to do his business.
Let us beat some guts into these jumped-up students.

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Particularly when some jumped-up engineer has come along with the answer.
Especially when that gossip comes from a jumped-up little slapper.
Jumped-up nobody from the estate thinking he had the right to own a classic car!
Making nooky with this little jumped-up waitress skank.
That jumped-up Jock thought he could leave us to perish.
He would sooner give these jumped-up fanatics what they want.
Of a jumped-up office boy . but I am not leading my platoon anywhere on the say so.
They wanna fill the service up with jumped-up traffic wardens.
There is some jumped-up detective snooping around the Fraser case.
But we do not need to be doing dirty work for some jumped-up public schoolboy.
We will not patronize any jumped-up opera house, however loud and gaudy it may be.
I will not sit here and take notes from this jumped-up popinjay.
Not because some little jumped-up barrow boy snaps his fingers.
At affordable prices and not for some jumped-up GPS.
We have little love for jumped-up peasants like the General.
For a start, you will not have to listen to an insufferable little jumped-up Jesus like myself.
I saw you with that jumped-up fellow from the National Bank.
Than exchange pleasantries with that jumped-up Frenchman.
That jumped-up cutthroat will waste no time telling Viridian how I lost the letter.
I am sure you will make exactly the impression that jumped-up little prick wants you to.
This jumped-up little turd 's gonna bankrupt us.
Orry was a fool to marry that jumped-up Negress.
Jumped-up bloody minging public relations slag!
We had two extra sessions to try that jumped-up nigger Robeson for contempt.
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And I will not rest until I have had my revenge on that jumped-up son of a.
Who does that jumped-up little corporal think he is?
You are nothing but a jumped-up hack.
A jumped-up jackeroo from the outback.
You really are a jumped-up little prick.
John jumped-up and ran over to the phone.
You are nothing but a jumped-up toaster.
Or is it that jumped-up execs do not like taking orders?
This is nothing but a jumped-up shack.
A jumped-up pantry boy who does not know his place!

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