bourgeois

Example Sentences

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He went to secondary school in the wealthy bourgeois 16th arrondissement of Paris, where he said he felt an uncomfortable outsider, and later attended the elite ENA administration school.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

The scenic decor and costumes situate us in the late 19th century of Ibsen’s bourgeois Norway.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026

Yurlady comes from a poor family, several generations stuffed into a single small apartment, and the divisions between her and the more bourgeois creative class aren’t melted away by sheer Wordsworthian magic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

"They let you know if they're getting bored. It's not bourgeois polite and that appeals to me."

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2025

At first he only used to be kidding when he called my stuff bourgeois, and I didn't give a damn--it was sort of funny, in fact.

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger