How to Use lower class in a Sentence

lower class

noun
  • The funds will also be used to lower class sizes for the next school year.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 7 Apr. 2021
  • Among those assigned to the lower class were teens who had known hunger in their own lives.
    — Karen De Sa, BostonGlobe.com, 18 June 2018
  • There will be no uprisings from the lower class on her watch — well, at least not right away.
    — Julia Alexander, The Verge, 21 July 2019
  • Programs that were playing up that did not earn a point were returned to the lower class.
    — Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Apr. 2022
  • The cleaning staff, all of them Asian women, are the lower class.
    — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Oct. 2022
  • Layton is a resident of the tail, which is the lowest class all the way at the back of the train.
    — Clark Collis, EW.com, 19 May 2020
  • The wealthy always come out just fine, and the lower class gets shafted (which includes death).
    — Town & Country, 14 Nov. 2022
  • But others who fought for higher pay rates said tipped wages create a lower class of workers.
    — Joe Guillen, Axios, 26 Feb. 2025
  • Smart siblings in the lower class are much more likely to go up the class ladder than stupid siblings.
    — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 17 Jan. 2013
  • Unlike in England, there was no upper class and lower class.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2025
  • There may be more school mergers in the years to come, especially in light of a law to lower class sizes.
    — Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Drops down into a lower class after a nice run versus much better in last outing.
    — NOLA.com, 17 Jan. 2021
  • Increase funding to allow public schools to lower class sizes.
    — Lisa Morgan, AJC.com, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Lopez Obrador says the country will grow with investments in its lower classes.
    — Kate Linthicum, latimes.com, 9 May 2018
  • There were also remnants of a silk cap on her head, which would not have been affordable for a member of a lower class.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 6 Sep. 2022
  • Increase in home values, often at the expense of the lower classes.
    — Carol Motsinger, Cincinnati.com, 1 Mar. 2018
  • As is usually the case in low Class A, Lalli had to deal with his share of turnover.
    — Paul Johnson, Elgin Courier-News, 24 June 2018
  • The 16th place team plays a relegation playoff against the third place team from the lower class.
    — Tim Bannon, chicagotribune.com, 3 May 2018
  • They were used as a way to disguise people from lower classes, so everyone could join in on the parties and events.
    — Shauna Beni, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Jan. 2020
  • Perdomo is playing in low Class A, trying to get his career off the ground.
    — Paul Johnson, Aurora Beacon-News, 15 June 2019
  • The first class is loyal, the second class is disloyal, and the lower class waverings.
    — Jen Kirby, Daily Intelligencer, 9 Oct. 2017
  • Also give them training that shows them how to treat people as customers or citizens instead of a lower class.
    — Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 14 June 2020
  • The rich are faring much better on absolute terms than the middle and lower class, by nature of being rich.
    — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2023
  • If you are downgraded to a lower class, you are entitled to a refund for the price difference.
    — Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Adell will start the season in low Class A, still years away from contributing at the major league level.
    — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2018
  • In 19th-century France, leftovers were a way of life for the lower classes.
    — Samantha Presnal, Quartzy, 29 Nov. 2019
  • Would also work with the Moorish man story, and with the lower class characters getting the short end of the stick.
    — Town & Country, 14 Nov. 2022
  • An upper class woman's place in India is a better place, and has more access to a public space, than a lower class man.
    — Manveena Suri, CNN, 8 May 2018
  • That’s a redistribution of not just of wealth but of life—of literal life force from the lower classes to the upper class.
    — Norman Vanamee, Town & Country, 27 Sep. 2019
  • The wealthy know expensive paintings, the lower class comics, and the middle class photography.
    — Literary Hub, 23 Feb. 2026

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