How to Use affluence in a Sentence

affluence

noun

• The only hint of affluence in this show is in the tiny photos of Michael Jordan’s home.
  — Elizabeth Wellington, Philly.com, 26 Jan. 2018
• There was affluence and there were folks struggling to get by.
  — Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2022
• Poverty and affluence, of course, come in all skin tones.
  — Nick Anderson, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2017
• That squeezed out a large portion of Hartford’s middle class, and the affluence that went along with it.
  — Greg Bordonaro, courant.com, 7 July 2019
• The boy had seemed destined for a life of affluence and earthly pursuits.
  — David Pierson, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2023
• In Jakarta, there is a lot of affluence, but there is also a lot of poverty.
  — Daniel I. Dorfman, chicagotribune.com, 20 Dec. 2017
• There were perhaps a dozen people in the matinee, all of a certain age and affluence.
  — John Archibald | [e-mail], al, 17 Jan. 2020
• Yet the sharecropper’s eighth child always saw herself as a tourist in the realm of affluence, even with cash on hand.
  — The New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2022
• But China’s campaign to censor affluence has been in full swing for at least a decade.
  — Time, 23 June 2023
• And here Lozada comes close to the core of the matter: Messing around with the notion of truth is a luxury that comes with affluence.
  — New York Times, 6 Oct. 2020
• This is the result of years of peace and affluence — and a society that no longer values adulthood.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 11 Mar. 2021
• The opposite of time affluence, is, of course, time poverty.
  — Eoin O'Carroll, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Mar. 2021
• The story will look more closely at the race and class aspects of moving from the streets of Philadelphia to the white affluence of Bel-Air.
  — Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Dec. 2020
• Health is often a byproduct of affluence, and Highlands Ranch is one of the wealthiest cities in the country.
  — The Courier-Journal, 13 Oct. 2017
• Evans presided over a ward that encompassed downtown and stretched from the affluence of Georgetown to what was then the poverty of Shaw.
  — Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2020
• The satire of bourgeois affluence can seem glib and overextended.
  — Ben Brantley, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2018
• Some are in pockets of poverty, some in enclaves of affluence.
  — Donna St. George, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2020
• Or is extreme affluence a sort of benign virus that can only hollow out the diverse life of a city.
  — Danny Westneat, The Seattle Times, 13 July 2018
• These cities vary widely, from types of industry to affluence to sources of power on the local grid.
  — Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, 30 July 2019
• But to really understand the modern affluence of the area, do it by boat.
  — Hannah Seligson, Town & Country, 30 June 2017
• But to really understand the modern affluence of the area, do it by boat.
  — Hannah Seligson, Town & Country, 30 June 2017
• There are the lucky few haves who strut around in comfort and affluence, while the struggling have-nots (or used-to-haves) huddle together on the brink of oblivion.
  — Scott Christian, Esquire, 16 June 2017
• The best protection from a hostile climate has been — and still is — affluence.
  — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 4 Sep. 2021
• In a time of post-war affluence and a rising middle class, pockets of poverty were viewed as a stain on the American Dream.
  — Will Bunch, Philly.com, 31 May 2018
• Poor people were those shut out of middle-class affluence.
  — Kim Phillips-Fein, The New Republic, 28 Aug. 2023
• It’s about the image of affluence, not the cultural baggage.
  — Kareem Rashed, Robb Report, 28 Aug. 2022
• There can be no greater crowning glory to your life of affluence and success than the 2021 Rolls-Royce Cullinan.
  — Kyle Edward, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2021
• Finding the right place to shoot the movie, somewhere with that same sense of insulating affluence, was paramount.
  — Isaac Feldberg, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Mar. 2018
• Their own future affluence and well-being might well depend on it.
  — Ray Suarez, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2012
• Oberg first rose to fame with the original Sporty & Rich Instagram account, which was like a mood board for health, wellness and affluence.
  — Emily Burns, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019

Last Updated: 1 Nov 2024