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
The Irish were among the "huddled masses" who glimpsed the Statue of Liberty on their way to Ellis Island in New York and the start of a new American life.
From BBC • Nov. 24, 2023
So are the hundreds of thousands of poor, tired and huddled masses who come to these shores yearning to breathe free.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2023
The lighting on occasion suddenly shifts to show the huddled masses working endlessly to keep this royal family in motion.
From New York Times • Jul. 8, 2022
“She was a writer and a poet. She wrote a poem that is engraved on the Statue of Liberty that says, ‘Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.’”
From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar
