Example sentences for: working-class

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

  • Back then, public broadcasting and the national endowments for the Arts and Humanities were (rightly) taken to task as mechanisms for transferring money from working-class families to a handful of elite subversives in Boston, New York, and Los Angeles.

  • You see it in Sullivan's banter with the working-class musicians in the pit and in Gilbert's with the uppity actors (the movie's posturing middle class), whom he drills on pronunciation and poise.

  • A common practice among many working-class Mexican Americans is to recycle as much as possible, although the concept that recycling is an environmentally correct thing to do is not always known.

  • Thailand never experiences snow; indeed, it is such an alien concept that, if shown a postcard of a snow-covered landscape, working-class Thais say it looks delicious rather than beautiful.

  • The most bizarre celebrity snit might be that of Jesse star Christina Applegate, who the Enquirer says is feuding with her show's producers because she refuses to conceal the "unsightly" bags under her eyes, claiming they give her working-class character authenticity.


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