How to Use plebeian in a Sentence

plebeian

adjective

• The boy who said that the emperor had no clothes was not an élitist insulting the plebeian parade spectators.
  — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 17 Feb. 2017
• Which is to say: The intellectual became a plebeian in part because the patricians abandoned their duty.
  — Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 11 July 2019
• I got preoccupied feeding my dog (so plebeian!) and promptly forgot, a mistake that came back to haunt me during my subsequent photo op.
  — Marina Khorosh, Vogue, 30 June 2017
• Its newest products are savings accounts and consumer loans, plebeian products that Goldman would never have deigned to offer before the crisis.
  — Nathaniel Popper, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2016
• Then again, maybe my low penmanship expectations are the product of my plebeian public-school education.
  — Anne Thériault, Longreads, 25 May 2018
• Well aware of the difference between patrician gardening in the grand style and the more plebeian approach of cottage gardening, Ms. Lively appreciates both.
  — Barbara Paul Robinson, WSJ, 12 July 2018
• Once a month, he and Trudy - a registered nurse - volunteer their time at a free medical clinic in Arlington, Virginia, treating the uninsured for problems as plebeian as hemorrhoids.
  — oregonlive, 5 Oct. 2019
• Of course, there's also the plebeian alternative: Gently rub a refrigerated spoon under your eyes to mimic the same cooling effect for zero dollars.
  — Ruby Buddemeyer, Marie Claire, 11 June 2018
• While you and your plebeian friends celebrated Independence Day by firing up a few mediocre hotdogs on the barbecue, J-Rod were busy cozying up to each other on a picturesque beach looking hot as heck (literally and metaphorically speaking).
  — Ruby Buddemeyer, Marie Claire, 6 July 2018
• The boy who said that the emperor had no clothes was not an élitist insulting the plebeian parade spectators.
  — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 17 Feb. 2017
• Which is to say: The intellectual became a plebeian in part because the patricians abandoned their duty.
  — Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 11 July 2019
• I got preoccupied feeding my dog (so plebeian!) and promptly forgot, a mistake that came back to haunt me during my subsequent photo op.
  — Marina Khorosh, Vogue, 30 June 2017
• Its newest products are savings accounts and consumer loans, plebeian products that Goldman would never have deigned to offer before the crisis.
  — Nathaniel Popper, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2016
• Then again, maybe my low penmanship expectations are the product of my plebeian public-school education.
  — Anne Thériault, Longreads, 25 May 2018
• Well aware of the difference between patrician gardening in the grand style and the more plebeian approach of cottage gardening, Ms. Lively appreciates both.
  — Barbara Paul Robinson, WSJ, 12 July 2018
• Once a month, he and Trudy - a registered nurse - volunteer their time at a free medical clinic in Arlington, Virginia, treating the uninsured for problems as plebeian as hemorrhoids.
  — oregonlive, 5 Oct. 2019
• Of course, there's also the plebeian alternative: Gently rub a refrigerated spoon under your eyes to mimic the same cooling effect for zero dollars.
  — Ruby Buddemeyer, Marie Claire, 11 June 2018
• While you and your plebeian friends celebrated Independence Day by firing up a few mediocre hotdogs on the barbecue, J-Rod were busy cozying up to each other on a picturesque beach looking hot as heck (literally and metaphorically speaking).
  — Ruby Buddemeyer, Marie Claire, 6 July 2018

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