steerage

Example Sentences

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In both “The Jar” and “The Race,” the colloquy benefits from skillful steerage by a moderator in the former case and a group of young actors in the latter.

From Washington Post

The 500 men were crammed into steerage, the cheapest rate to travel.

From Seattle Times

I’d never flown on such a long trip before in anything other than steerage.

From Washington Post

Angela Merkel’s shock decision to retire from politics was still sinking in on the streets of Berlin 24 hours later as Germans took stock of the last 13 years under her steerage.

From The Guardian

When she was a child, her mother fled an abusive marriage in Japan and took Hirono and her brother to Hawaii, crossing the Pacific in steerage of an American ship.

From Seattle Times