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

“It’s that essential question: Does first class buy you the right to avoid hoi polloi and their kids, or do you need to fly private for that?”

From New York Times • Dec. 27, 2022

Now Palm Springs is known as a picture-postcard fantasy for hoi polloi like you and me, sipping cucumber-infused water poolside while humming bars of “The Girl from Ipanema.”

From Seattle Times • Jan. 14, 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