Example sentences for: bourgeoisie

How can you use “bourgeoisie” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • But with self-confidence came complacency, and the French bourgeoisie was cast again onto shifting ground with the massive student rebellions of 1968.

  • European Jewish émigrés, whether cultured cosmopolitans or members of the pious bourgeoisie, don't suddenly convert to fundamentalism; that's a specialty of godless Americans.

  • While the bourgeoisie’s red-brick or stone houses are clearly inspired by Georgian and Victorian London and grander residences by the country houses and châteaux of continental Europe, the working-class row houses with outside iron staircases leading to upper floors (thus saving space inside) are a more characteristic Montréal feature.

  • He made vicious fun of the English bourgeoisie in plays such as The Importance of Being Earnest . The same bourgeoisie packed London houses and made him a fortune without realizing the joke was on them.

  • Unlike most jazz musicians, Sun Ra was not a child of the black bourgeoisie.


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