proletarian
Example Sentences
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Red is one of those colors that’s both aspirational and proletarian at the same time.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 7, 2024
Glenn Fitzgerald, as the Brusteins’ upstairs neighbor, a gay playwright; Julian De Niro, as a Black proletarian who asks Gloria to marry him; and Grotelueschen are all blessed with meaty, well-handled supporting roles.
From Washington Post • Feb. 27, 2023
Lamar, 34, is an astonishing technician, a keen observer of Black life, a proletarian superhero, an artist who reckons with moral weight in his work.
From New York Times • May 16, 2022
The social critic Mike Davis once called these “stealth houses” that hide their “luxurious qualities with proletarian or gangster facades.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2022
Aunt Xi-wen tried to smile to show her support of the proletarian revolutionary young guards, but the smile froze before it was fully formed.
From "Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution" by Ji-li Jiang
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