bourgeois

Example Sentences

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He went to secondary school in the wealthy bourgeois 16th arrondissement of Paris, where he said he felt an uncomfortable outsider, and later attended the elite ENA administration school.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

The political centerpiece of 1968 was, at least if you’re French, the événements of May, in which bourgeois students took to the streets of Paris to re-enact the revolutionary theater of 1789.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025

“Jesus Christ Superstar” reminds us that Lloyd Webber wasn’t always a symbol of the bourgeois establishment.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 4, 2025

"They let you know if they're getting bored. It's not bourgeois polite and that appeals to me."

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2025

He kept saying they were too new and bourgeois.

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger