huddled masses
Example Sentences
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The lines, "Give me your tired, your poor/ Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free," are inscribed on a plaque in the statue's museum.
From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2024
But surely many say it's far better to offer a céad míle fáilte than to see your "huddled masses" depart for foreign lands.
From BBC ● Nov. 24, 2023
Things like: “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2022
By now, we all know the stirring stories about immigrants’ arduous journeys to America ― about Ellis Island, about huddled masses yearning to breathe free.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 29, 2022
We sit through an overly sentimental video about "huddled masses" and listen to a bulky soprano belt out the words to "My Country, 'Tis of Thee."
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
