plebians

Example Sentences

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Ever since September 2009, Dick Vitale has been talking screaming to us plebians on all sorts of matters through Twitter, oftentimes updating us on basketball tidbits that we all already knew.

From Golf Digest • Jan. 8, 2020

As alluded to in the title, Adams' punt return from August 31 was so powerful and ridiculous that the rest of us plebians are only catching up to it now.

From Golf Digest • Sep. 11, 2019

Patrician status was inherited, and plebians made up the rest of society.

From Washington Post • Dec. 2, 2016

On their first attempt to get in, Mr. Benitez and Mr. Carrasco waited in line with the plebians.

From New York Times • Aug. 10, 2011

The Venetians, if their achievements are considered, will be seen to have acted safely and gloriously so long as they sent to war their own men, when with armed gentlemen and plebians they did valiantly.

From The Prince by Machiavelli, Niccolò