cultured class

Example Sentences

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Then the life of my own wealthy and cultured class became repellent to me, for it had lost all meaning whatever.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 10 — Lives and Letters by Mee, Arthur

All, both men and women, evidently belonged to the educated, or rather to the cultured class.

From The Angel of the Revolution A Tale of the Coming Terror by Griffith, George Chetwynd

America, unlike England, has no recognized cultured class, and has no aristocracy, so called, with which to keep mere rich men suitably miserable—at least a little humble and wistful.

From Crowds A Moving-Picture of Democracy by Lee, Gerald Stanley

A clear, soft voice, with the effect of distinctness without preciseness, which betrays the cultured class, was heard by those within, asking, "Is Captain Hamlin in the house?"

From The Duke of Stockbridge by Bellamy, Edward

The women of what are now France and England clothed themselves at that time in the same manner as the cultured class of Rome.

From Woman as Decoration by Burbank, Emily