peasant

Example Sentences

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The split widens when a labor strike becomes an armed revolt, with Jacir gamely tracking the hardening or shifting loyalties of both her peasant and well-to-do characters.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

Back then, China was a secretive and still largely peasant society.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

“It’s like reading an old English novel when you’re the peasant, and you’re not recognized.”

From Salon • Jan. 14, 2026

In long, meandering speeches laced with peasant folklore, Museveni often appeals for more time, likening himself to a farmer leaving a plantation just as it starts bearing fruit.

From Barron's • Jan. 12, 2026

A goy zugt a vertl meant “As the peasant says ...” “So, Chaya, is Shmuel coming or not?”

From "The Devil's Arithmetic" by Jane Yolen