privileged class
Example Sentences
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As journalist Macaulay Connor says in “The Philadelphia Story,” “The prettiest sight in this fine pretty world is the privileged class enjoying its privileges.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026
Oliver almost passes with the privileged class as Farleigh indicates.
From Salon ● Nov. 22, 2023
“The everyday person wouldn’t be treated this way, but it’s the privileged class that escapes accountability for whatever they do,” said criminal defense attorney James Bopp.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 20, 2023
The Houstons were part of a small, privileged class of Black people that flourished during Reconstruction.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 22, 2022
To guard against the dangers of creating a privileged class through the establishment of an apprenticeship system we must see to it that all alike serve a period of apprenticeship.
From Boy Labour and Apprenticeship by Reginald Arthur Bray
