How to Use middle-class in a Sentence

middle-class

1 of 2 adjective
  • Berlusconi was born in Milan in 1936, the son of a middle-class banker.
    Peter Weber, The Week, 12 June 2023
  • It was named one of the best places for middle-class homebuyers by Realtor.com.
    Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The savings for the middle-class could be more meaningful.
    George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2024
  • But the growing traction of women in the workforce hadn’t quite reached the ranks of middle-class mothers yet.
    Linne Halpern, ELLE, 21 June 2023
  • But with Hollywood in flux, will writers be able to hold on to a middle-class life long term?
    Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Sep. 2023
  • Yet a middle-class version of Old Pat could chat up a group of old folks and become instant friends.
    Lexi Pandell, WIRED, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Stop going to the middle-class and hard-working people of NYC to carry the burden.
    Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 25 June 2024
  • The plans were once further out of reach for middle-class Americans.
    Noah Weiland, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Janet Malcolm was born to a middle-class family in Prague in 1934.
    Sam Adler-Bell, The New Republic, 20 Mar. 2023
  • One goal of the Gray New Deal is to make sure that a middle-class worker can remain a middle-class retiree.
    Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 11 Mar. 2024
  • So, how could such a city remain a place that middle-class people could even afford?
    CBS News, 19 May 2024
  • Most of my friends come from stable middle-class families that aren’t as needy as mine.
    Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 12 Nov. 2023
  • Decades ago, young adults didn't need much more than a high school degree to secure a job with solid, middle-class wages.
    Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 5 May 2023
  • The rising cost of basic goods has deepened the hardships faced by middle-class and poor Egyptians.
    Samy Magdy, Quartz, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Republicans and Democrats have long fought over the Black vote, the evangelical vote, and the middle-class vote.
    Tyler Foggatt, The New Yorker, 1 Sep. 2024
  • Just over a third of Americans met all six markers of a middle-class lifestyle.
    Scott Clement, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2024
  • But the recent Covid-era boom has driven up rents and squeezed middle-class residents.
    Low De Wei, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2023
  • There is something about the throne-ness of being born in North America as a middle-class person.
    Hazlitt, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Fears of a large-scale flight of middle-class families fleeing to charters or private schools have not come to pass.
    Troy Closson, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2023
  • The White House’s proposals would provide middle-class first-time buyers with $5,000 per year for two years.
    Evan Halper, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Moving to Bali gave the 38-year-old greater freedom and a middle-class lifestyle with what might be barely enough money to live on back home.
    Yucheng Tang, Anchorage Daily News, 28 July 2023
  • Ross Yednock swam in a sea of American middle-class well-being all his life.
    Clara Germani, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 June 2023
  • Yet the expense of Doug’s residential Alzheimer’s care poses a grave threat to their middle-class nest egg.
    Christopher Rowland, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Mar. 2023
  • That has kept the housing market in neutral, keeping the key to middle-class wealth growth out of reach for so many would-be homebuyers.
    David Goldman, CNN, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Their goal is to convince middle-class Americans that lunar living is not just for the elite.
    Lorraine Alitelevision Critic, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Born in Madrid to a middle-class family, Álvarez released his first songs while still a student at a Catholic high school.
    Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2023
  • Most who have come to the United States in the past year were middle-class adults who have headed to New York after being released from custody.
    Eileen Sullivan, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2023
  • The sit-in is led by Sloane, a middle-class Black woman whose character is a blend of those included in Garmus’ book.
    Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Oct. 2023
  • White, who was twelve when the show began, was a middle-class kid from Southern California whose biggest concerns were basketball and Sega Genesis.
    Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Unlike some of her peers, Headland knows how to write striving middle-class characters born of suburban discontent rather than privilege.
    Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 13 Dec. 2024
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middle class

2 of 2 noun
  • The wealthy, the middle class, and the poor will all suffer.
    Stuart Anderson, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2022
  • The middle class built the country, and unions built the middle class.
    Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 10 Mar. 2024
  • The rich will be fine, but the middle class is paying the bill.
    The Editorial Board, WSJ, 11 May 2022
  • Thelma Golden grew up in the heart of the Black middle class.
    Calvin Tomkins, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Moskowitz said the new IRS agents will target the middle class.
    Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 6 Oct. 2022
  • In the nearer term, Russia’s poor and middle class will feel the heat.
    Miriam Berger, Washington Post, 23 Apr. 2022
  • The tax increases are aimed at businesses and the wealthy and the tax cuts are aimed at the middle class.
    Molly Beck, Journal Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Tell me some more about how the GOP really looks out for the middle class of this state.
    Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2022
  • Fifty-nine per cent identified as middle class, and most lived in the South.
    Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
  • The deck has been stacked against the American middle class and those who aspire to be part of it.
    NBC News, 17 Nov. 2024
  • And then making sure tax cuts go to the middle class, $6,000 child tax credit.
    Stefan Becket, CBS News, 2 Oct. 2024
  • The idea is that poor people and the lower middle class don’t pay enough in taxes.
    Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 6 May 2022
  • The definition of the middle class has changed the least in Alaska.
    Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 21 May 2024
  • So, yes, I was privileged to be solidly in the middle class and live on a nice street.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 15 Sep. 2022
  • Once the bastion of the privileged few, the campus soon came to be seen as a way station along the road to the middle class.
    New York Times, 13 May 2022
  • What are the perks of engaging the creator middle class?
    Cole Mason, Forbes, 2 May 2022
  • Harris also has an edge over Trump on the issue of who looks out for the middle class.
    Amie Parnes, The Hill, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The middle class is stagnating while the rich get even richer.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 13 Jan. 2024
  • Unions say the training provides a path to the middle class on par with a four-year college degree.
    Erica E. Phillips, Hartford Courant, 13 Nov. 2022
  • Support of over 70% came from the solidly middle class districts of the Sunset and Lake Merced.
    Michael Bernick, Forbes, 15 June 2022
  • But for the first time since the middle class began to emerge, its promise is uncertain.
    Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Feb. 2024
  • The economy will continue to benefit the 1% at the expense of the poor and the middle class.
    Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
  • To be a browser was arguably the defining pastime of the emergent middle class.
    Suzannah Showler, WIRED, 3 Oct. 2023
  • So per usual, the middle class here is going to get hammered.
    Julia Moskin, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Below-the-line jobs have long been seen as a path to a middle class life, despite the long hours and grueling work.
    Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2024
  • Biden has made a greater effort than any president in decades to shift wealth from the top to the middle class and working poor.
    Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 10 July 2023
  • Homeownership has long been the key path to wealth-building for the U.S. middle class.
    Nicole Friedman, WSJ, 8 July 2022
  • Those who are middle class, by contrast, will struggle, and the poor might be hurt quite badly.
    Damon Linker, The Week, 29 Apr. 2022
  • But how different is the modern-day middle class from a decade ago?
    Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 4 June 2024
  • That’s roughly 300% above the federal poverty line – not poor, but on the edge of middle class for a two-person household.
    Dan Horn, The Courier-Journal, 2 Dec. 2024

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