steerage

Example Sentences

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In both “The Jar” and “The Race,” the colloquy benefits from skillful steerage by a moderator in the former case and a group of young actors in the latter.

From Washington Post

Wilson’s tone softened when he mentioned how three of his four grandparents were immigrants, including a maternal grandmother who came to the U.S. on a boat as a 16-year-old in steerage class.

From Los Angeles Times

The 500 men were crammed into steerage, the cheapest rate to travel.

From Seattle Times

That’s another cruel irony: Never before has air travel seemed so democraticized, affordable to so many, yet so stratified, turning economy into steerage with pretzels.

From Washington Post

‘The horde of $9.60 steerage slime is being siphoned upon us from Continental mud tanks.’

From The Guardian