peasant

Example Sentences

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Within five years a French resurgence would gather momentum, driven by the intervention of a 17-year-old peasant girl known as Joan of Arc.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

The tighter scope and folksy approach — from a score with more spare acoustic guitar than sweeping orchestral numbers and an abundance of drab peasant rags over plush regal garb — is refreshing, at first.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2026

“It’s like reading an old English novel when you’re the peasant, and you’re not recognized.”

From Salon • Jan. 14, 2026

In long, meandering speeches laced with peasant folklore, Museveni often appeals for more time, likening himself to a farmer leaving a plantation just as it starts bearing fruit.

From Barron's • Jan. 12, 2026

There was nothing accidental about a wretched road, or an overcrowded tap-tap with bad brakes, or the desperation of peasant women needing to sell something at market in order to feed their families that night.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French