plebeian

Example Sentences

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All the enlightened reformers in Europe were desperately trying to eliminate the peasant peculiarities and plebeian dialects that divided the peoples of their nations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

But the filmmakers have given him an all-access pass, from plebeian alleyways to marbled halls of power, and he is forever walking in unannounced on people who could literally have his head.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2024

The pangrams from yesterday’s Spelling Bee were biplane and plebeian.

From New York Times • Feb. 18, 2023

But the policy is not being implemented at the equally delicious but more plebeian Shake Shack chain, a separate company that he founded and whose board he chairs.

From Washington Post • Aug. 5, 2021

This is what we can afford; but also there’s an unspoken rule that the food has to be unwaveringly plebeian.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood