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

Last Updated: 12 Aug 2024