hoi polloi
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Hardly anyone got a pay raise in 2020 as the pandemic savaged the economy—except those in the Executive Class—while in 2021 modest pay raises for the hoi polloi were widespread.
From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2022
His belief in his own morality also means that, unlike Axe, he has to worry about what hoi polloi think.
From New York Times ● Jan. 21, 2022
Tommy is good — if that’s even the right word — at stirring up hoi polloi.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 13, 2021
No fighting their way through hoi polloi around the grounds.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 3, 2020
Presumably they were used to dazzle hoi polloi.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
