first-class

Example Sentences

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Sheldon was sitting in first class and doing some last-minute tasks on her phone before the plane’s scheduled takeoff when she said she suddenly heard a man behind her say, “What do I do now?”

From Los Angeles Times

And he left the Army Reserve not as a sergeant as he claimed, but as a private first class, one of the Army’s lowest ranks.

From New York Times

Before he boarded a plane, he would learn from a friendly gate agent who else was in first class, then request a seat next to the passenger most likely to need an architect.

From Washington Post

“It’s a taboo subject in our culture. Before the first class, some women approached me, saying they weren’t telling their families what the class was about or that they were going at all.”

From Seattle Times

The sourness that was a first lieutenant on Monday had been demoted to private first class on Tuesday — and confined to barracks by those two-star peppers, so impressed with their power.

From Washington Post