proles
Example Sentences
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This level of self-regard in a writer and thinker as justifiably exalted as Smith may explain why our nation is turning on reading: aristocracies breed resentment among the proles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2025
But if hope lies with the proles, and that extraordinary example of the proles, is this woman singing a song about lost love and memory and yearning while hanging out diapers.
From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2021
In George Orwell’s “1984,” the proles are spared a life of constant surveillance, while higher-ranking members of society are exposed to Big Brother’s watchful eye.
From New York Times ● May 9, 2017
"The Lottery, with its weekly pay-out of enormous prizes, was the one public event to which the proles paid serious attention."
From The Guardian ● Jan. 24, 2013
It was probable that there were some millions of proles for whom the Lottery was the principal if not the only reason for remaining alive.
From "1984" by George Orwell
