privileged class
Example Sentences
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As journalist Macaulay Connor says in “The Philadelphia Story,” “The prettiest sight in this fine pretty world is the privileged class enjoying its privileges.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026
Oliver almost passes with the privileged class as Farleigh indicates.
From Salon ● Nov. 22, 2023
The Houstons were part of a small, privileged class of Black people that flourished during Reconstruction.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 22, 2022
In that respect, a little shake-up may be a welcome change, because the league’s privileged class has gotten a little haughty lately.
From New York Times ● May 1, 2022
It was in the order of the Temple that the word freres serjens or fratres servientes signified an honorary title or degree, and denoted a powerful privileged class of men.
From The History of the Knights Templars, the Temple Church, and the Temple by Addison, Charles G.
