lowest class

Example Sentences

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The lowest class of all were the enslaved, people purchased from the mainland who performed much, if not all, the necessary agricultural labor.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Ultimately the client was allowed to plead guilty to criminal mischief, the lowest class of misdemeanor, which carried no possible jail time and was eligible for expungement from his record, Mr. Willey said.

From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2018

State lawyers and the public have chafed at reduced sentencing guidelines for the lowest class of felonies that allow some offenders to serve no prison time.

From Washington Times • Feb. 13, 2017

The food at the center of the horsemeat scandal is almost without exception the cheapest sort of ready-meal from the lowest class of shop.

From Newsweek • Feb. 19, 2013

If we do not know him, we shall yet take someone to be our invalid, but a man of the lowest class, so that he may come to mind at once.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith