leisure-class

Example Sentences

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Vincent’s day job as a senior reporter for the Verge plants him firmly in the present, and he brings the reader up to the current craze of the leisure class: the “quantified self” movement.

From Washington Post

The expanding leisure class of the late 19th century was, as Fischer writes, “driven to consume, eager for diversion and entertainment.”

From Washington Post

Collection 1, for example, in February 2018, focused on the Black cowboy; the second, the following September, imagined a Black leisure class without fear of police violence; and the Kings Theater show was inspired by Sister Rosetta Tharpe, whose gospel recordings influenced early rock ’n’ roll musicians.

From New York Times

Pacifico’s follow-up, “Class,” took on the hipster millennials of Italy’s leisure class, their bank accounts padded by regular cash transfers from their parents, their self-regard padded by the status symbols those transfers afford.

From New York Times

Gillespie said the rule is "kind of a holdover from the leisure class."

From Fox News