working classes
Example Sentences
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May Day, which celebrates workers and the working classes, sees a major police deployment in Turkey every year, with a large area in the heart of Istanbul around Taksim Square sealed off.
From Barron's • May 1, 2026
Of these culturally Muslim, rural working classes often credited with wanting a theocracy, my mother says “they just wanted someone to give them their rights. The only thing that united them was basic human needs.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026
He saw how the epidemic disproportionately impacted the poor and working classes, while those in the upper echelons of society, including his family, remained relatively unscathed.
From BBC • Oct. 19, 2024
So there was this pressure brought both internally. from the disaffected working classes, and externally.
From Salon • Jun. 13, 2023
The passers-by are nearly all representatives of the working classes, and even they come from the poorer stratum.
From Sidelights on Chinese Life by Macgowan, J. (John)
