huddled masses

Example Sentences

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The lines, "Give me your tired, your poor/ Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free," are inscribed on a plaque in the statue's museum.

From Salon • Apr. 26, 2024

But surely many say it's far better to offer a céad míle fáilte than to see your "huddled masses" depart for foreign lands.

From BBC • Nov. 24, 2023

Things like: “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2022

The city’s reputation as a sanctuary for huddled masses solidified in the latter half of the 1800s, with an influx of Irish refugees who were fleeing political persecution and, later, famine.

From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2022

We sit through an overly sentimental video about "huddled masses" and listen to a bulky soprano belt out the words to "My Country, 'Tis of Thee."

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins