Sentence examples for seeking status from inspiring English sources

Seeking status as well as diversion, middle-class employees of British firms followed the upper-class lead.

For Ellison, modern jazz musicians made the mistake of seeking "status and respectability," and of seeking it as intellectuals and from intellectuals, predominantly white ones.

They are separately seeking status as a class on behalf of "at least 80" employees whose pay was docked, according to the complaint.

According to German press reports, the police traced some of the stolen phones to shelters and hostels for people given or seeking status as refugees, or to their immediate vicinity.

They call themselves leaders of a new feminist fight, seeking status for women who have little formal work experience of their own, but who have toiled hard and faithfully in the shadows of powerful husbands.

Pacific settlement of disputes is based upon the assumption that war is primarily a technique for settling disputes, although it can, of course, also serve other purposes, such as allaying fears and seeking status.

Early adopters (next 13.5%) seek status and exclusivity.

Female primates, she says, are "competitive" in that they seek status within their social order.

"These men heartlessly preyed on the hopes and desires of immigrants who sought status here in America," said Charles J. Hynes, the Brooklyn district attorney.

People who feel powerless seek status to restore their power.

In this sense, "ci" (mercy) constitutes an emotional strategy of grandparents who seek status and power in the family.