Sentence examples for they were affluent from inspiring English sources

They were affluent women," he said.

They were affluent people who stoked the economy with their spending in the shops, hotels and restaurants.

They were affluent, pro-business "Enterprisers"; religiously observant "Social Conservatives"; and populist "Pro-Government Conservatives" who favored more aggressive regulation of the private sector.

Like him they were affluent painters and founding members of the American Abstract Artists; together they were often called — and not always benignly — the Park Avenue Cubists.

So how can they be affluent themselves?

"They're affluent," she said.

"They are affluent, to put it mildly," said Mr. Bosworth.

Or perhaps the affluent feel time-pressed precisely because they are affluent.

Beside us sat Greg Sr. and Karen, still fuming over media accounts that they are "affluent".

"I think the Premier League imagines that some teenage fans may dip in their attendance but return later, when they're affluent and at work," he says.

"The fact is that when you look at who goes to museums, you find out they are women, they are white, they are in their 50's and they are affluent.