dregs of society
Example Sentences
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And he's a loner who finds a sense of community among the dregs of society, bringing the story full circle.
From Salon • Mar. 26, 2022
Mark Twain's instruction to curious residents of Freedom Central is, by now, familiar: "If you want to see the dregs of society, go down to the jail and watch the changing of the guard."
From Salon • Jun. 13, 2020
I had traveled through dangerous parts of the world and hung with the dregs of society.
From Salon • Jan. 18, 2013
These people are not the dregs of society.
From Time Magazine Archive
Although limited in space, and carefully watched, this quarter serves as the lurking-place, or rendezvous, of a vast number of the very dregs of society in Paris, who flock to the tapis-franc.
From The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 1 of 6 by Sue, Eugène
