peasants
Example Sentences
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A teenager draws his slingshot, while fighters holding prayer beads take control of a Soviet tank, and peasants clutching pitchforks face Soviet soldiers.
From Barron's ● Jan. 22, 2026
The late French queen is best known for her supposedly callous, clueless, privileged suggestion that if the peasants couldn’t get enough bread, they should eat cake instead.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 2, 2026
This was distinct from Europe where aristocrats lived off inherited wealth, only peasants labored manually and one’s place in society was fixed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2025
"We borrow money from Chinese peasants to buy the things those Chinese peasants manufacture," the vice-president said.
From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2025
But no matter how she scrunched, she could not see if their roofs curved skyward like the temples of China or were topped with straw like the homes of peasants.
From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord
