bourgeois

Example Sentences

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He went to secondary school in the wealthy bourgeois 16th arrondissement of Paris, where he said he felt an uncomfortable outsider, and later attended the elite ENA administration school.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

She married at 18 years old, leaving her bourgeois family home in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, where she attended a private Catholic school.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025

A born entertainer who had no ideology to sell or bourgeois morality to promote, he gravitated to theater as the most exhilarating form of debate.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2025

"They let you know if they're getting bored. It's not bourgeois polite and that appeals to me."

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2025

The role has some intriguing elements—Maddy is kind of hippie-chick bohemian set against her sister’s two-doctor bourgeois household—but as written, it is the weakest in the play.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove