steerage

Example Sentences

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We tried to fly standby on an earlier departure, but another couple jumped us on the list at the last moment, and a gate agent said it was probably because we had booked into steerage.

From Slate • Oct. 9, 2025

Most comrades sprawl shoeless, many dozing open-mouthed in the permanent state of steerage that is Soviet air travel.

From New York Times • Jul. 11, 2022

So I worked with these amazing people under the steerage of Bruce.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2020

Wilson’s tone softened when he mentioned how three of his four grandparents were immigrants, including a maternal grandmother who came to the U.S. on a boat as a 16-year-old in steerage class.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 17, 2019

Our tickets secure us seats in the steerage class on the boat.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton