propertied

Example Sentences

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The people make demands upon the state, striking fear in the hearts of the propertied classes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025

Salons eventually evolved into hubs of literary discussion that fostered a culture of polite sociability and cohesion among aristocrats and propertied elites.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

County, Sepulveda Boulevard, 40 miles from Mission Hills to Long Beach, named for Francisco Xavier Sepulveda, the propertied pioneer rancher and paterfamilias to the influential founding family.

From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2022

It doesn’t matter whether they are citizens or aliens; free, imprisoned or enslaved; enfranchised or disenfranchised; adults or children; propertied or propertyless.

From Washington Post • Nov. 19, 2021

Now, if the small propertied class which controlled the government had governed well, or indeed had governed without grossly outraging the governed, the whole development of man might have been different.

From Twentieth Century Socialism What It Is Not; What It Is: How It May Come by Kelly, Edmond