Example sentences for: highbrow

How can you use “highbrow” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Huntington crosses the line so easily as to make you wonder: How different, really, are the lowbrow and highbrow expressions of the vogue for tribalism?

  • Scott claims that "Groening's willing, if somewhat ironic, embrace of the marketing bonanza his creation has unleashed may have cost him his rightful spot in the the Comics Journal 's highbrow/subculture pantheon."

  • … The Indian achievement is a combination of lightness and gravitas, of bridging the gap between the highbrow and the middlebrow, and rediscovering for itself the inextricable link between the body, mind and soul."

  • The trend toward interpretive installation, aimed at broadening art's appeal by expanding public understanding, paralleled the transformation of museum-going from serious cultural pursuit to highbrow entertainment.

  • Critics also like their combination of high-minded lyrics about Tibet and the environment with highbrow inanities about Postimpressionist painters.


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