working class

Example Sentences

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Innovators and entrepreneurs such as Ford and George Pullman, discussed on visits to Detroit and Chicago, respectively, figure mainly as exploiters of the working class.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

In “Forging Democracy: The History of the Left in Europe, 1850–2000,” Geoff Eley writes that fascist violence was directed first and foremost against the organized working class and its institutions.

From Salon • Mar. 28, 2026

Frederiksen was born into a working class family of longstanding Social Democrats, her father a typographer and mother a pre-school teacher.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

"I've been looking into the statistics and, in recent years, white working class boys have been underachieving versus other demographic groups, whether that's in education, employment or poorer health outcomes", Dewhirst said.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

I am 20, white, a child of the working class.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz