How to Use privileged in a Sentence

privileged

adjective

• She had privileged access to the files.
• The town attracts people who are wealthy and privileged.
• He comes from a very privileged background.
• Only the privileged few can become members of the club.
• The President's adviser has a privileged position of trust.
• Yes, a group of privileged white men are going to save the world.
  — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune Crypto, 9 Mar. 2023
• Right now, the Senate is the most privileged nursing home in the country.
  — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 3 Sep. 2023
• These are the games — high pressure, a privileged moment — to step on the field against some of these guys.
  — Chantz Martin, Fox News, 25 Nov. 2022
• The book’s big takeaway is the chasm separating the privileged and the poor.
  — Carol Memmott, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2023
• Yet the rich and privileged fled the drafting of Russian bodies for Ukraine.
  — Leon Aron, National Review, 11 Nov. 2023
• What the – the motion Marjorie put in was not privileged.
  — CBS News, 24 Mar. 2024
• Juliet came from a privileged background and had moved around the world.
  — Rachel Pannett, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2023
• Maybe that speaks to the absent ethics of modern privileged men.
  — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 24 July 2024
• In that way, Puck is a sort of trade publication for a privileged class of strivers.
  — Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2022
• But here the azure oceanfront scene feels more discreet and privileged.
  — Elycia Rubin, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Dec. 2022
• Anyone can be a catalyst for good, not just the rich and privileged.
  — Dallas News, 6 Oct. 2022
• But where does a band in this privileged position go from there?
  — Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 25 Oct. 2023
• Who is the jaded, privileged target of John Lennon’s lyrics?
  — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 26 Nov. 2022
• Santos is the man in the crewneck sweater and the sport jacket: entitled, privileged.
  — Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2023
• Its privileged location on the hill means every suite gets to see the water in full view.
  — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2024
• But Barber said he is privileged to absorb the extra costs in the meantime.
  — Wire Reports, oregonlive, 2 Jan. 2023
• Seems like a tacky money grab for a privileged daughter.
  — Nicholas Ivor Martin and Jacobina Martin, oregonlive, 21 July 2023
• Whether the document is privileged or not may be a matter for a court to decide, Gates said.
  — Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Jan. 2023
• All but the most privileged are trapped in circuits of repetitive work.
  — Rhoda Feng, The New Republic, 7 Dec. 2022
• It had been assumed that, because of the privileged status of Rules, the people who got the job would police themselves.
  — E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 19 July 2023
• Keplinger didn't have the common touch and might be seen as rather intellectual and privileged and aloof and out of touch.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 24 Mar. 2024
• But its revival is divisive for the city’s less privileged, who argue that they have been pushed out of their homes.
  — Isabella Kwai, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2024
• Boebert had used what is called a privileged resolution to force the vote.
  — Lisa Mascaro, Anchorage Daily News, 22 June 2023
• Now the privileged 30-somethings are increasingly taking on leadership roles as their dads — or at least those not killed or captured — near retirement age.
  — Keegan Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2024
• The threat, the judge said, constituted an exception to the court rule that conversations between therapists and patients are privileged.
  — Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 20 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Oct 2024