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
If no one else wants them, we’ll take the tired and poor, the huddled masses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 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
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
We sit through an overly sentimental video about "huddled masses" and listen to a bulky soprano belt out the words to "My Country, 'Tis of Thee."
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
