How to Use first-class in a Sentence

first-class

1 of 2 adjective

• The plan seeks to raise overall first-class mail prices by 5.4%.
  — Reuters, NBC News, 11 Apr. 2023
• The United States Postal Service is set to raise the cost of a first-class stamp to 66 cents.
  — oregonlive, 13 Apr. 2023
• The fun and the sun culminated in a first-class tantrum.
  — Caitlin Gunther, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Nov. 2023
• Luckily, at $48, the set doesn’t come at a first-class price.
  — Melony Forcier, Travel + Leisure, 8 Mar. 2025
• The debris was part of the door frame found above the first-class lounge entrance in the ship built by Harland and Wolff.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2024
• But the first-class service starts long before dogs and their humans board the plane.
  — Kristin J. Bender, The Mercury News, 22 June 2024
• Randolph paid just 32 cents for the stamp to mail that CD, less than half the current cost of 66 cents for a first-class stamp.
  — Michael Liedtke, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2023
• The post showed a photo of a black hard shell suitcase placed on a first-class aisle seat and strapped in with a seat belt.
  — Ashley J. Dimella Fox News, Fox News, 4 Feb. 2025
• The pair then boarded a first-class flight to Maui’s Kahului Airport.
  — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 17 Mar. 2023
• Here are all the perks that come with a first-class suite on Singapore Airlines.
  — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 2 Apr. 2023
• Seat width: At its largest, the seat runs 38 inches wide, which shames many first-class products.
  — Lauren Mowery, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
• The walls of the house are standing, made of first-class brick materials and may be used to restore the home.
  — Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
• Ahead, 12 of the best men's travel pants that provide first-class comfort.
  — Sophie Dweck, Town & Country, 28 July 2023
• The journey, however, was far from a first-class cruise.
  — Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 20 July 2023
• Done: British Airways first-class round trip to London.
  — Irena Medavoy, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Aug. 2024
• These are all nice-to-haves for a first-class flight experience.
  — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 24 May 2024
• The only difference would be that the four guys and Bertis and Jefferson flew first-class.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 18 June 2023
• His first experience in first class: My first first-class flight was to Rio de Janeiro.
  — Kaitlin Menza, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Nov. 2024
• Nobody starts to worry until the water gets up to the first-class cabins.
  — Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 May 2023
• What about buying a first-class ticket on airline B for less than the coach fare on airline A?
  — David Rae, Forbes, 26 Mar. 2023
• On some flights, passengers who booked a first-class or business seat may fail to show up for their flight.
  — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 23 Mar. 2024
• Less than six feet away from the action, the apron suite has two oversized, first-class style premium leather chairs.
  — Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 1 Nov. 2024
• As a bonus, many will offer new student or first-class specials.
  — Rebecca Strong, Health, 20 July 2023
• Mazda won five first-class awards from the IIHS, the most of any single brand, according to the nonprofit.
  — William Gavin, Quartz, 27 Feb. 2024
• The Strauses were two wealthy first-class passengers who had been married for more than 40 years.
  — Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 22 June 2023
• The service will deliver 75 percent of first-class mail at the same standard.
  — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
• The new first-class service was developed in partnership with the Jet.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 29 Apr. 2024
• Treat eval as a first-class citizen, even pre-planning the product.
  — Albert Lie, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
• Riyadh will be one of the first to offer the ergonomically advanced Safran Unity seats, which made their debut in Japan Airlines’s first-class section this year.
  — Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 22 Apr. 2025
• No matter your travel budget, everyone deserves to enjoy their flight; these eight products will make your aisle seat in economy feel like a first-class ride.
  — Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 26 Apr. 2025

first class

2 of 2 noun

• Which hallway was the fastest route to their first class?
  — Nicole Asbury, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2023
• As The Crown shows, Charles was not seated in first class.
  — Emily Burack, Town & Country, 3 Dec. 2022
• None of this is much better in first class, by the way.
  — Lois Alter Mark, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2021
• The tests will be sent via the U.S. Postal Service as first class mail.
  — Cheyenne Haslett, ABC News, 14 Jan. 2022
• The seats in coach are named Brandon, not those in first class.
  — Longreads, 13 Sep. 2019
• Plus, the offer for a free first class was too good to pass up.
  — Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic, 28 May 2024
• In first class, the Embraer has one seat on the left side of the aircraft and two on the right side.
  — James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 23 June 2020
• Her first class of the day appeared just over half full at 8 a.m.
  — Austen Erblat, sun-sentinel.com, 10 Aug. 2021
• The Tigers have an awesome venue and the tourney is first class.
  — Richard Obert, azcentral, 1 Dec. 2019
• The first class is free and $10 per session thereafter.
  — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2024
• The design of that venue was first class and the floorplan was brilliant.
  — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Oct. 2022
• But Siegel was hooked after her first class and kept at it.
  — NBC News, 19 Apr. 2022
• Sure enough, there were Al and his wife, Louise, sitting in first class.
  — Mick McCabe, Detroit Free Press, 7 Apr. 2020
• In 1874, two Black women enrolled in the school’s first class.
  — Molly Parker, ProPublica, 27 Mar. 2025
• Traveling with my boss, I was bumped up to first class on the flight.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 5 Sep. 2021
• Their first class, in Hawthorne on May 12, drew about 20 seniors.
  — Chris Kuo, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2021
• Laina got to take his first class seat at no extra charge.
  — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
• The first class for new students is $12 or five classes for $75.
  — By Chloe Herring, Brooke Henderson and Samantha J. Gross, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
• In first class, there are no more hot towels or hot nuts.
  — David Gelles, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2020
• Alas, this isn't one of those natty lie-flat beds from the plusher type of first class.
  — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 27 Sep. 2022
• Toups and her peers were the first class to graduate from Riverdale High, which was built in 1962.
  — Karen Taylor, NOLA.com, 17 Sep. 2020
• In the 2018 midterms, for instance, the first class was announced more than a year before.
  — Kaleigh Rogers, ABC News, 13 Sep. 2024
• During the deal, kids 2-12 travel for free in coach or first class.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 31 May 2024
• The first class of scholars will start with 15 students, with a new class added each year.
  — Jazmin Goodwin, CNN, 22 Oct. 2020
• The plan is for the medical school's first class to have 40-50 students, Gaudet said.
  — Alex Golden, Arkansas Online, 4 Mar. 2021
• The director is a single mother who was in the first class.
  — Jan Goldsmith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Feb. 2024
• That type of success in the first class built from scratch during the Ryan Day era gives the staff two months to get greedy.
  — Stephen Means, cleveland, 22 Dec. 2020
• That’s the four rows behind first class with extra legroom.
  — Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Feb. 2021
• They were last seen on an airplane as a foursome in first class.
  — Charmaine Patterson, Peoplemag, 11 Aug. 2022
• Guests on the ship, a twin of 2023’s Silver Nova, are traveling first class, and that comes with both a sense of privilege and room to spread out.
  — Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 16 Apr. 2025