Sentence examples for become affluent from inspiring English sources

"The arrival of Starbucks and Ben & Jerry's just confirms what the neighborhood has become: affluent and well educated.

Mao was born in the village of Shaoshan in Hunan province, the son of a former peasant who had become affluent as a farmer and grain dealer.

Every day, a hundred thousand people join India's middle class, and many have become affluent enough to eat out every week.

"In a sense, Singapore is presented as the kind of society Kim says he wants North Korea to become: affluent and high-tech but under strong leadership," Mr. Armstrong said.

One of the driving forces behind much of entrepreneurship is the possibility to become affluent.

That is, you do not have to be driven to become affluent, as it can happen in the course of your career.

Certainly born into an affluent, comfortable family, or a family which became affluent during his childhood.

The Kushans became affluent through trade, particularly with Rome, as their large issues of gold coins show.

The hawker food will be lost, he fears, as the population becomes affluent and aspiring cooks can afford Western education — culinary or otherwise.

As China becomes affluent, more Chinese can afford their own computers and connected devices from home.

Millions of people have "cold water flat" stories of how they left the old neighborhood and became affluent.