How to Use "uppity" with Example Sentences

1. At first I thought the callers were all uppity rich people in fancy cars .

2. Meanwhile america 's navy , he calculates , needs to build an extra six ships a year to handle all the challenges it faces , including an uppity china .

3. Sticking up for hindu pilgrims-hundreds of thousands of whom flock to a cave in kashmir each year to pay homage to a giant icicle they revere as an incarnation of the god shiva-is staple fare for the bjp . So is sticking it to uppity muslims .