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

But, as different as “Pride and Prejudice” and “Longbourn” are, they agree in finding little room for laughter and romance in stories of the lower class.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 5, 2023

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

From Salon • Apr. 1, 2023

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

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez