hoi polloi

Example Sentences

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Its bar was a favorite spot not to be recognized by the hoi polloi, and its terrace was popular for weddings.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2025

“It’s that essential question: Does first class buy you the right to avoid hoi polloi and their kids, or do you need to fly private for that?”

From New York Times • Dec. 27, 2022

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

Tommy is good — if that’s even the right word — at stirring up hoi polloi.

From Washington Post • Oct. 13, 2021

Presumably they were used to dazzle hoi polloi.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann