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
You may think of Hollywood creatives as a privileged class, but if their employers think about them like this, are you sure yours thinks any differently of you?
From New York Times • Jul. 16, 2023
“The everyday person wouldn’t be treated this way, but it’s the privileged class that escapes accountability for whatever they do,” said criminal defense attorney James Bopp.
From Washington Times • Jun. 20, 2023
The officers, as a privileged class, socially exclusive, with the feeling of a privileged position in the State, were in constant danger of fluctuating between arrogance and weakness.
From Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. II. by Freytag, Gustav
