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

"For the first time it was the Kenyan people - the working class and the middle class and the lower class - against the ruling class," says Mwangi.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2025

Thompson suggested that food formed part of the "moral economy" and food prices were central to lower class protest in England.

From Salon • Mar. 30, 2023

Leaders also will bargain over how and where to lower class sizes and weigh in on whether to shorten winter break from three weeks to two weeks.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2023

Any novel or play about the lower class will necessarily be alien to the culture it portrays.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez