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

Thompson suggested that food formed part of the "moral economy" and food prices were central to lower class protest in England.

From Salon • Mar. 30, 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

Theo doesn’t look down on Vincent for being with someone from a lower class, having done so himself.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman