member of the working class
Example Sentences
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De León leaned heavily on his profile as a member of the working class who briefly experienced homelessness early in adulthood.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2022
“It’s his signifier that he wants to be seen as a worker, that the artist is a member of the working class, an idea that really took root with the W.P.A.,”
From New York Times • Sep. 3, 2015
"I am still a member of the working class," says Peach.
From Time Magazine Archive
In July, Callaghan had said publicly: "Those who advocate devaluation are calling for a reduction in wage standards of every member of the working class in this country."
From Time Magazine Archive
If I am now a productive fake member of the working class, it’s because I haven’t been working, in any hard physical sense, long enough to have ruined my body.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
