proles
Example Sentences
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This level of self-regard in a writer and thinker as justifiably exalted as Smith may explain why our nation is turning on reading: aristocracies breed resentment among the proles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2025
And so it's this remarkable moment, and Winston has thought over and over, if there's hope, it lies with the proles.
From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2021
In George Orwell’s “1984,” the proles are spared a life of constant surveillance, while higher-ranking members of society are exposed to Big Brother’s watchful eye.
From New York Times ● May 9, 2017
"Your father can't help being the emotionally repressed deputy head teacher who is a bit liberal and wants to get on the parish council so that the proles can keep their addiction centre."
From The Guardian ● Sep. 30, 2012
The Lottery, with its weekly pay-out of enormous prizes, was the one public event to which the proles paid serious attention.
From "1984" by George Orwell
