lower class

Example Sentences

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“Even if a government job is lower class, it is still prestigious in Bangladesh,” Amin said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

"For the first time it was the Kenyan people - the working class and the middle class and the lower class - against the ruling class," says Mwangi.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2025

For people of a lower class, it feels like there is desire to believe a meritocracy does exist.

From Salon • Apr. 1, 2023

Pollet championed lower class sizes, paying living wages to educators, and increasing school nurses, guidance counselors and social workers.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 19, 2022

Any novel or play about the lower class will necessarily be alien to the culture it portrays.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez