lower class

Example Sentences

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"Do you want to make savings from falling pupil numbers, or do you want to maintain spending the way it is, and have lower class sizes?"

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

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

What is key to America’s understanding of class is the persistent belief—despite all evidence to the contrary—that anyone, with the proper discipline and drive, can move from a lower class to a higher class.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander