country-club set
Example Sentences
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A 5-foot-7, 117-pound rail of a man who had grown up in extreme poverty in Puerto Rico, he was far removed from the blue-blood, country-club set that populated the tournament scene.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 9, 2024
Think of nearly any Hollywood film about suburban teenagers, in which the good-looking spoiled brats of the country-club set get their comeuppance in the third act after reveling in all sorts of bad behavior.
From Salon • Jun. 25, 2023
In the early years, they were as far from the private country-club set as you could get.
From Golf Digest • May 7, 2019
His apparel and accessories brand is still the gold standard for the country-club set, but sales have stalled and profits have fallen 50% since 2014.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2016
If Helms at times sounded more like the voice of the country-club set than of the good ol’ boys like C.P. who struggled daily to get by, there was good reason for that.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
