Sentence examples for affluent elements from inspiring English sources

It's O.K. if San Francisco vacuums in the most affluent elements in the region, they say, provided that greater San Francisco doesn't remain a suburban hinterland.

*Class, because "we," the orderly, affluent and law-abiding elements of society, finally pulled the trigger on "they," the downtrodden and threatening, in one of their rare protests against the way things are.

But the restaurateurs Rod Raymond and Tim Nelson were careful to combine their $2.3 million restoration of the one-time City Hall, built in 1889, with a healthy dose of cheekiness, combining real-deal elements of Duluth's affluent past with a down-to-earth attitude.

A good illustration of the class element is the position of the affluent upper-middle class "Nido" youth.

"The saddest and most unsettling element of 'Unfaithful' is its portrayal of an affluent, articulate couple who for all their individual sensitivity can barely bring themselves to communicate on a less than superficial level," Stephen Holden wrote in The Times about this drama, adapted from Claude Chabrol's film "La Femme Infidèle".

"The saddest and most unsettling element of 'Unfaithful' is its portrayal of an affluent, articulate couple who for all their individual sensitivity can barely bring themselves to communicate on a less than superficial level," Stephen Holden wrote in The Times about this drama, adapted from Claude Chabrol's "Femme Infid?." KATHRYN SHATTUCK.

There was a disposable element because clothing was cheap and people felt affluent.

The gated contemporary, built in 1998 in the affluent Tournament Hills enclave, has an organic vibe with natural rock, steel, water and wood elements incorporated into the approximately 11,000-square-foot design.

Nowadays, it's affluent.

So is the affluent Netherlands.

The affluent are still boozy.