hoi polloi
Example Sentences
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But the difference between championship-caliber teams such as Milwaukee and the league’s hoi polloi is knowing how to turn an inch into a mile.
From Washington Post • Mar. 5, 2023
No pestilence had been ever so fatal, or so hideous,” begins Poe’s 1842 tale about a prince who parties with revelers safely locked away in his posh castle while the hoi polloi outside perish.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2022
His belief in his own morality also means that, unlike Axe, he has to worry about what hoi polloi think.
From New York Times • Jan. 21, 2022
Soon after independence was won, the founding fathers began conspiring against their fellow revolutionists among the hoi polloi.
From Salon • Oct. 17, 2020
Presumably they were used to dazzle hoi polloi.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
