Sentence examples for upper life from inspiring English sources

That is, if one had the means to take part in its upper life.

The upper life limit is obtained by assuming that the dominant cracking mechanism is Case A and the lower life limit is obtained by assuming that the dominant cracking mechanism is Case B. The proposed method was developed based on physical evidences of crack initiation and growth as well as the amount of dissipated energy over life cycles.

Nationwide, just 38percentt of jobs pay enough to afford a middle or upper class life for a dual income-earning family with children; 32percentt of jobs pay a living-wage; and 30percentt pay what we call a "hardship" wage, which is less than what a single adult living on his or her own needs for basic necessities.

Upper-class life carried on during the Depression with an insouciant disregard for the general misery.

Khosrowshahi's family led a prosperous upper-class life in Tehran until the Iranian Revolution threw the country into chaos.

In some cases, butlers may be responsible for helping newly wealthy principals navigate the demands of cosmopolitan upper-class life.

A master of wit, paradox and social delineation, Anthony Powell was concerned with the study of character and the eccentricities of upper-class life.

Alexander von Humboldt was born to a wealthy family in the Prussia of Frederick the Great, and from an early age he chafed at the restrictions of upper-class life.

Most significantly, however, he reoriented British drama from well-made plays depicting upper-class life to vigorously realistic drama of contemporary life.

The program's title is misleading; "Curb Your Enthusiasm," which is shot in Los Angeles, pictures upper-class life as offering nothing so luxurious as ennui.

As the daughter of a famous economist and the wife of a successful scholar (she was his student when they met), Sheba has led a sheltered, upper-crust life.