How to Use aristocracy in a Sentence

aristocracy

noun
  • Of course the British aristocracy isn’t the sole source of eponyms.
    — Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Sep. 2020
  • Kate is not of the aristocracy, and that was taken for granted.
    — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 16 Feb. 2019
  • Spencer, who is a member of British aristocracy, is not in line to the throne.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 30 Aug. 2018
  • But the rest of the aristocracy still favors sons over daughters.
    — Lauren Frayer, NPR, 21 Mar. 2026
  • In aristocracies across the globe, rank and title are paramount.
    — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 5 Mar. 2024
  • The idea that a princess would marry outside the aristocracy, at that point, was beyond.
    — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 16 Feb. 2019
  • Watch as the two fall in love while Diego gets reacquainted with aristocracy.
    — Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 24 Feb. 2022
  • College football has always been an aristocracy, and most fans like it that way.
    — Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2026
  • She is known to be one of the first independent women who did not come from aristocracy.
    — José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 12 June 2024
  • Dogs, on the other hand, have always been used to suggest aristocracy.
    — Lauren Oster, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Feb. 2022
  • Nineteen other eggs were made for the aristocracy and other elites.
    — Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Historically, these robes were worn by the aristocracy, but now this will not be the case.
    — Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Meanwhile, a clear line also had to be drawn between the bourgeoisie and the aristocracy.
    — Henry Notaker, The Atlantic, 27 Oct. 2017
  • The rest of us must wake up to see that aristocracy, not race-consciousness, bites our democracy.
    — Time, 18 July 2023
  • But that’s not the way the teachers unions and the education aristocracy see it.
    — Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 14 Aug. 2025
  • His only friends were the sons and some daughters of the old English aristocracy, who were all like this.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Among French aristocracy, the term came to mean a dinner where everyone brought food and drink to share.
    — Claire Turrell, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 May 2023
  • Putting yourself out there and talking about money can still be seen by much of the British aristocracy with an eye roll.
    — Elizabeth Paton, New York Times, 11 July 2023
  • This isn’t a match the aristocracy would approve of, and sinister forces are determined to keep them apart.
    — Lizz Schumer, People.com, 2 Feb. 2025
  • The aristocracy of this city is ready to move on, daring to hope that the last four years was a fever that finally broke and life can get back to normal.
    — Roxanne Roberts, Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2020
  • My mother came from aristocracy, and my dad came from the South Side of Chicago.
    — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2023
  • Versailles is the hub of the French aristocracy, a great beehive dripping with honey — and bristling with stingers.
    — Samuel Ashworth, Washington Post, 24 July 2024
  • Victor comes from the aristocracy.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Casely-Hayford was a scion of the African aristocracy—one who rebelled against it.
    — Luke Leitch, Vogue, 3 Jan. 2019
  • Despite the title, this is not a costume drama, set in the loftier reaches of the aristocracy.
    — The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2022
  • The implication is that both his life in the aristocracy and his life in the military prepared him for life as a gangster.
    — Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2024
  • The finale is less aristocracy and more apocalypse.
    — David M. Ewalt, Scientific American, 16 Dec. 2025
  • The result is Black dandyism by way of aristocracy—and the actor’s princess-like pose only adds to the effect.
    — Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 6 May 2025
  • For centuries, the aristocracy have held court at the Palace of Westminster.
    — Brad Japhe, TIME, 25 July 2024
  • The pride of the British aristocracy and a heroine to gay people and ethnic minorities.
    — Air Mail, 10 May 2025

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