lower class
Example Sentences
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With shaved head and visible tattoos, Iago is in a lower class than Lucas Iverson’s clean-cut Cassio, fueling Iago’s raging resentment of his rival, chosen by the general Othello to be his second in command.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026
"Do you want to make savings from falling pupil numbers, or do you want to maintain spending the way it is, and have lower class sizes?"
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
Lavin was the grandchild of Russian immigrants, and in later years she often played variations on the Jewish mother — lower class, middle class, upper class.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 30, 2024
Instead, she and two of her sisters each moved to Mexico City to do one of the few jobs available to them as lower class women: domestic work.
From Seattle Times ● May 26, 2024
Very few respondents called themselves lower class or upper class—7 percent and 1 percent.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
