Sentence examples for the upper stratum from inspiring English sources

Arabella had social ambition, but was never accepted by the upper stratum of American society.

Boyar, Russian Boyarin, plural Boyare, member of the upper stratum of medieval Russian society and state administration.

The people of Iran, particularly those in the upper stratum of society, borrowed nothing from Hellenism but its exterior forms.

They can in turn extrapolate information about the general circulation of the upper stratum of the ocean from a synoptic view of the surface pressure field.

IN the upper stratum of wealth, people are increasingly taking a global view, devoting considerable effort and money to help victims of poverty, war and natural disasters and work for causes like social justice, the environment and peace.

Yet because of the existing patterns of power, which directed the humiliores to turn for help to the upper stratum, the lower classes did not form a revolutionary mass but constituted a stable element.

No more free rides for the upper strata.

Larraín's family have long dwelled in the upper strata of Chilean politics.

As it happens, e-mail aversion isn't so rare in the upper strata of the financial world.

But it improved enough between two visits to inspire hope that Motorino will eventually launch itself into the upper strata of the city's pizzerias.

At first glance there are not a lot of great job openings in the upper strata of the insurance business or elsewhere in financial services.