third class

Example Sentences

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By the third class, I had established an unspoken understanding with the clay.

From Salon • May 25, 2025

First, second and third class travel was provided for conformists, and another section with the same classes for non-conformists.

From BBC • Sep. 17, 2023

At the time he was serving as a Navy gunner’s mate third class aboard the battleship USS Oklahoma, a vessel doomed by plane-fired torpedoes that capsized it in minutes.

From Washington Post • Feb. 24, 2023

“Some people had it ranked as the third class in the country and I think it’s showing,” Oats said.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 7, 2022

During the summer of 1935, John cadged a small grant from the Macy Foundation to travel third class to Berkeley, and presented himself and his mice at the Rad Lab.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik