Sentence examples for rich ordinary from inspiring English sources

Tolstoy thus has the commitment to rich, ordinary detail that the Annales school of history made famous a hundred years later.

"The revolt against holders of power is not a revolt of the poor against the rich: ordinary people are far less prone to resent other people's success, than intellectuals suppose.

As every scheme imaginable was developed to bolster the fortunes of the rich, ordinary people were left in the humiliating position of waiting for some of the goodies to trickle down to them.

It's not just millionaires that support a tax increase on the super-rich; ordinary Americans would also like to see the government raise taxes on the wealthy.

Brazil nuts are the richest ordinary dietary source (though this is soil-dependent, since the Brazil nut does not require high levels of the element for its own needs).

Where the rich go, ordinary folks follow.

According to one poll, 64% of voters think the Tories look after "the interests of the rich, not ordinary people".

He was going to "drain the swamp", booting from power the entitled elites who got rich while ordinary Americans struggled.

One could add that the very inequality that distances the rich from ordinary concerns gives them increased power, and so makes their anti-welfare-state views far more influential.

Since Occupy Wall Street and kindred movements highlighted the issue, the chasm between the rich and ordinary workers has become a crucial talking point in the Democratic Party's arsenal.

It was flanked by shops of rich and ordinary merchants and craftsmen.