Examples of bourgeoisie in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web But the shortcoming that shocks the most is that of the borghesia liberale, the liberal bourgeoisie, imbued with 19th-century ideals—a love of nation, individualism, and an economy free of government intervention. — Anna Momigliano, The Atlantic, 26 Apr. 2022 The Soviet Union quickly became a party dictatorship ruled by a narrow elite whose murderous oppression cannot be compared to anything the bourgeoisie had done. — Richard M. Reinsch Ii, National Review, 17 Feb. 2022 But where Wilder dripped acid on romance and Buñuel roasted the bourgeoisie, Almodóvar’s movies are rarely cynical. — New York Times, 13 Dec. 2021 In the dictatorship of the bourgeoisie, a poor black person cannot be free. — Sophie Pinkham, The New Republic, 1 Feb. 2022 The internal conflict between Lorraine the Village radical and Lorraine the daughter of the Chicago bourgeoisie would become a familiar and painful one. — Blair Mcclendon, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2022 The Chinese bourgeoisie, growing rich from the country's property and banking industries, is developing expensive tastes — and not just for sports cars and designer bags. — The Week Staff, The Week, 5 Aug. 2019 At their local bourgeoisie, or their local dictator. — New York Times, 14 Oct. 2021 What would the Dutch master make of his posthumous fame among the bourgeoisie and the billionaires alike? — John Banville, The New York Review of Books, 13 May 2021 See More

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