How to Use moneyed in a Sentence

moneyed

adjective
  • Much of the land around the town was stolen by moneyed land-grabbers (called grilleros).
    — Richard Schiffman, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Mar. 2023
  • But the tax is new, and many say a moneyed migration could be nigh.
    — Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Apr. 2023
  • The suits are moneyed, smart, talented, and will also put up a good fight.
    — Andrew Deangelo, Forbes, 28 Apr. 2021
  • In the South, it was enjoyed by the moneyed crowd equipped with silver julep cups.
    — Florence Fabricant, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2018
  • And there certainly are things that can be done now to help make that happen for the most moneyed among us.
    — Erika D. Smithcolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2022
  • Wasn’t the senator dispirited to have to suit back up and press the moneyed flesh?
    — New York Times, 18 June 2021
  • Holmes and Evans went to the desert oasis for moneyed bohemians.
    — Amy Chozick, BostonGlobe.com, 8 May 2023
  • Last seen en masse at the tail end of the aughts, bubble skirts once signaled preppy, moneyed glamour.
    — Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 10 Mar. 2025
  • There is a vast, popular, and moneyed right-wing audio ecosystem out there.
    — Ariel Shapiro, The Verge, 11 Apr. 2024
  • That hasn’t stopped swarms of interest in the place, one of too few places to eat in a moneyed neighborhood.
    — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2023
  • Others are being priced out of the market or passed over in favor of more moneyed buyers.
    — Steve Brown, Dallas News, 7 May 2021
  • And today a Beaver on floats is the latest toy of the moneyed set, sort of a Humvee of the air.
    — Lionel Atwill, Field & Stream, 24 Dec. 2020
  • Born into a moneyed family, Stettheimer did not need or want to sell her art.
    — New York Times, 7 Feb. 2021
  • Other alleys are blocked by the blast walls and watchtowers that attend the moneyed elite.
    — Mujib Mashal, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2020
  • Desmond, on the other hand, retains the respect of most of the moneyed homeowners here.
    — Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 26 Mar. 2022
  • So what keeps some moneyed Houstonians from buying in the area?
    — Darla Guillen Gilthorpe, Houston Chronicle, 11 Dec. 2019
  • But the Yost campaign is backing up its claims with moneyed ad buys, six months before voters go to the polls.
    — Mary Kilpatrick, cleveland.com, 18 Apr. 2018
  • Its practitioners tend to come from the moneyed classes, and then cater to their interests.
    — Ian MacDougall, Harper’s Magazine , 28 Sep. 2022
  • On this side are the miners’ flimsy shacks, on the other the moneyed buildings with proper walls, glass windows.
    — New York Times, 7 Apr. 2020
  • In federal races the moneyed candidate wins more than 90 percent of the time.
    — Danny Westneat, The Seattle Times, 16 June 2017
  • The smaller ships cater to a moneyed crowd; the big ships bring the cost of a cruise within reach of middle-income and working-class people.
    — Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2021
  • Far from a party enhancer, the drug seems to serve as a refuge for the most desperate among the moneyed set who simply want to switch off their brains for a while.
    — Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 21 May 2025
  • The Davis retail mix feels like something of a relic from an earlier era, one less moneyed, and more eclectic.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 18 Nov. 2019
  • Any moneyed person who isn't in Manuel Noriega's phone book or the music business would look at home in this car.
    — William Jeanes, Car and Driver, 30 June 2023
  • Gloria Vanderbilt, who died earlier this week at the age of 95, was so much more than her moneyed name.
    — Mekita Rivas, refinery29.com, 20 June 2019
  • That campaign rewrote the rules for doing business in China and restored a sense of fear (of jail) among party cadres and the moneyed class.
    — Graham T. Allison, WSJ, 16 Oct. 2017
  • Connie chose the pace of city life and was a fixture in the moneyed circles of Washington and New York.
    — Leena Kim, Town & Country, 18 May 2023
  • Dando was brought up in Back Bay, a historic and moneyed neighborhood in Boston.
    — Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2022
  • This time around, Scott finds herself in the role of the moneyed spouse—and her relationship with Jewett was much shorter.
    — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2022
  • Orchids were once considered exotic luxury items for the moneyed elite.
    — A.k. Whitney, Oc Register, 4 Aug. 2025

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