working class

Example Sentences

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“It doesn’t make him a working class hero.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

If we don’t tip service employees, it calls into question our respect for the working class and our commitment to decent, well-paid work.

From Slate • Jun. 2, 2026

Although Holman is accustomed to working on glamorous big budget productions, he is also fiercely proud of his working class roots.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

“Additionally, today, him being here at a labor union and advocating for the working class and labor, I think, is very important.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

By far the largest group of blacks was working class, a layer of society Drake sometimes referred to as the Respectables.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield