Sentence examples for by the upper class from inspiring English sources

You're not going to be accepted by the upper class or the lower class.

Hepburn could have made this young woman, so eager to be accepted by the upper class, a portrait of fawning shallowness.

Fort Greene in Brooklyn is a perfect example; homes built by the upper class fell into slum status but have now been restored along with their neighborhood.

Chinese players such as Li Na and Zheng Jie have had great success lately, but tennis is still mostly seen as a sport played by the upper class.

Within a few decades of the conquest, a series of histories had been written in the Spanish language, based in part on Aztec books and in part on information supplied by the upper class.

What had been a game played almost exclusively by the upper class, was becoming for the first time a part of the fabric of American life, Jones told him.

By 2010, the upper class was earning 46percentt and the middle class was earning 45percentt.

But even many of the cafes frequented by the upper classes are feeling the pinch.

"It's only played by the upper classes in Egypt," Mr. Zidale said.

In Tolstoy's Russia, French is spoken only by the upper classes — never by peasants or workers.

"In the 19th century," Professor Lankevich said, "the city was much more elitist, ruled by the upper classes, the moneyed".