Sentence examples for were affluent from inspiring English sources

They were affluent women," he said.

Howard was born in 1923 to a family who were affluent, well connected and miserable.

I no longer had to pretend to be affluent; we were affluent.

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

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.

Most passengers were affluent enough not to complain about the cost of the flights (the Air France round-trip fare was $10,100, and British Airways $11,168).

Nowadays, it's affluent.

So how can they be affluent themselves?

The Arab middle class was affluent.

"They're affluent," she said.

Of course being affluent is a good start.