How to Use upper crust in a Sentence

upper crust

noun
  • Even the upper crust of the SEC would have to be convinced.
    Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 21 July 2021
  • Among the upper crust, such a thing would not have been comme il faut.
    Moira Hodgson, WSJ, 5 July 2018
  • The team, though, doesn’t stand out, not when measured against the NFL’s upper crust.
    Bob Sansevere, Twin Cities, 8 Dec. 2019
  • And in the absence of that noise, Earth's upper crust is moving just a little less.
    Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 2 Apr. 2020
  • But Utah is now part of the conference’s upper crust, winner of the South in two of the past three seasons.
    oregonlive, 6 May 2021
  • Camilla and Charles have lived in the intertwined world of the British upper crust for their entire lives.
    Kevin Sullivan, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2022
  • But the Clippers’ struggles against the league’s upper crust aren’t limited to this Mile High matchup.
    Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2023
  • The next wish is purchased by Nour, who comes from Cairo’s upper crust (and uses they/them pronouns).
    Jonathan Guyer, Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2023
  • Simply put, that means more losses which is going to be hard for the upper crust to accept.
    Erick Smith, USA TODAY, 28 July 2021
  • Some things are changing in the upper crust, even if just a little and mainly for the worst offenders.
    Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 10 Nov. 2020
  • By the 18th century, they were meant to distinguish judges and lawyers — and other members of the upper crust.
    Kevin Sieff, Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2017
  • Two of the teams taking the court represent the upper crust of college basketball.
    Erick Smith, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2022
  • Even the upper crust of British society needs to take a break from social media sometimes.
    Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 4 Nov. 2021
  • To be sure, Carroll is a woman who moves in Manhattan’s upper crust.
    Rachel Tashjian, Washington Post, 9 May 2023
  • What, exactly, has given these members of the upper crust the vapors?
    J.c. Pan, The New Republic, 24 Sep. 2020
  • Chris Evans is as good as he's ever been as rebel leader Curtis, but Tilda Swinton steals the show as a toothy, grotesque spokesman for the upper crust.
    Randall Colburn, EW.com, 16 May 2022
  • Based on his results over the last year-plus, the Brewers’ Corbin Burnes certainly must be included among the game’s upper crust.
    Tony Blengino, Forbes, 16 June 2021
  • The result: The rocks in the upper crust beneath the volcano are, on average, 15 percent molten, with some regions as high as 45 percent.
    National Geographic, 17 July 2019
  • But he was plagued by his patrician, upper crust demeanor.
    John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 29 Mar. 2018
  • And Republicans just passed another round of tax cuts to offer a helping hand to the upper crust.
    New York Times, 29 May 2018
  • This space has been artfully depicted at around the 7:50-minute mark in the video and features a bar where Lego versions of the upper crust can be seen imbibing.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 16 July 2021
  • Victories over the league’s upper crust have allowed the Spurs to remain firmly in the mix for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference.
    Jeff McDonald, ExpressNews.com, 25 Jan. 2020
  • Some historians consider the inn for the upper crust the apogee of Astor’s career.
    Lauren Mowery, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Groot Constantia first laid roots in 1685 and quickly gained a loyal following among the upper crust.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 29 May 2021
  • Yet the Olympics come with their own set of challenges and costs, especially for the emerging members of skateboarding’s upper crust.
    Scott Cacciola, New York Times, 29 Nov. 2019
  • The same goes for the city’s upper crust, which includes the Wayne family — not that Bruce associates with his fellow patricians.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 Feb. 2022
  • The result was the Model J, which debuted in 1928 and quickly became coveted among the upper crust.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 29 June 2021
  • His most successful on-air persona, perfected on Fox after the departure of Bill O’Reilly, has been a volatile mixture of upper crust and salt of the earth.
    A.o. Scott, New York Times, 3 May 2023
  • Dynasty is indeed a series about the upper crust of the one percent, but the revamp has come a long way from some of the sexist and homophobic undertones present in the '80s run.
    Faith Cummings, Teen Vogue, 3 Nov. 2017
  • Although Bebe’s words are correct, the upper crust of Shaker Heights is mortified by the intrusion.
    Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 18 Mar. 2020

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