Sentence examples for in upper classes from inspiring English sources

People in upper classes, "of course did not suffer," he said because they had enough money to buy pharmaceuticals and other scarce items.

-When someone mentions the word "class," as in "upper class" or "lower class," the term refers only to financial status.

Interview with Jane White, a daughter of Walter White, who reminisced about life in upper class Harlem in the 30s and 40s.

(It is interesting to note, to the contrary, that the czardas, a careering Hungarian dance, began in upper class ballrooms and drifted down to the lower orders).

"Those cheeky devils at Virgin Atlantic, the official airline of the double entendre, have introduced "jetrosexuals," a new term to describe the trendsetting passengers who mingle in upper class.

'But if he went for an economy fare, might he be bumped up to first class because he's a lord?' The upper classes firmly in their places in Upper Class and all that?

Our paths had not crossed in Washington; but it appeared that George Osborne was further up the plane, travelling – wait for it – in upper class.

In the 1950s, the author Nancy Mitford argued that it was possible to tell which class people were in — upper class ("U") or not upper class ("non-U") — according to their choice of vocabulary.

RADAR technology as sensor for collision warning has been used in upper class vehicles for some years now.

Rich, for example, might ask himself whether voters in upper class Hunterdon County (66percentt for Christie) are actually more likely to be hostile to Wall Street bonuses than voters in working class Hudson County (67percentt for Corzine).

The tradition reached its apex during the 18th century, when over 50% of all women and close to 100% of women in upper class societies bound their feet.