work·ing-class
ˈwər-kiŋ-ˈklas 
: of, relating to, deriving from, or suitable to the class of wage earners
working-class virtues
a working-class family
: the class of people who work for wages usually at manual labor
Examples of working-class in a Sentence
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Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 May 2024
Cardi emerged on the scene as a people’s princess from a working-class background, and she’s been vocal on social issues, too, from New York’s city and state government to Social Security and immigration.
—Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 16 May 2024
Latinos and Black Americans are joining the decades-long shift of white working-class voters from the Democratic to the Republican party.
—Ruth Umoh, Fortune, 15 May 2024
Zayn and his siblings were raised in a working-class town in West Yorkshire, England, where Trisha is from.
—Emily Blackwood, Peoplemag, 14 May 2024
Higher tariffs play into Biden's efforts to court the support of working-class voters in Midwest battleground states including Michigan, the center of the U.S. auto industry.
—Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 14 May 2024
The safely Democratic district itself is one of the most diverse in the country, stretching from working-class precincts of the Bronx to some of the nation’s wealthier suburbs in Westchester County.
—Nicholas Fandos, New York Times, 14 May 2024
Head to Cannaregio The vestiges of working-class Venice still cling to life in this sestiere, which is also the home of the Jewish Ghetto.
—Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 12 May 2024
McLellan depicts the insular emotions of romantically undecided working-class boys.
—Armond White, National Review, 10 May 2024
Chris Bellamy and Kyle Fowle, EW.com, 10 May 2024
Sanders has built his career on his pledge to fight the powerful – including big corporations and lobbyists – to help the working class.
—Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA TODAY, 2 May 2024
Labor and immigrant rights organizers have worked for years to tamp down divisions between working class communities.
—Matt Brown, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2024
Key Food is a $4.5 billion cooperative that owns over 17% of NYC market share, with dozens of stores in diverse, working class neighborhoods across the 5 boroughs.
—Errol Schweizer, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
Manufacturing-robbing fiscal deficits don’t support the working class.
—Douglas Carr, National Review, 7 Feb. 2024
The emerging dominance of those with college degrees has changed the mix of social attitudes in what was once the blue-collar party, leading candidates who want to win primaries to take policy positions more popular on campus than among the rural or urban working class.
—Ron Elving, NPR, 23 Mar. 2024
Throughout his time in power, Thaksin was hugely popular with Thailand’s rural and working class but his policies were anathema to the rich elites and conservatives who accused him of being a dangerous and corrupt populist.
—Kocha Olarn, CNN, 17 Feb. 2024
The state also became increasingly hard to afford, creating a wider gap between the new class of Silicon Valley tech barons and the huge, largely Black and Latino working class.
—Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024
Adjective
Like nearly all of Arnold’s previous films, even Cow at a stretch, Bird takes pains to show all the beauty and the bloodshed, to borrow a phrase from Nan Goldin’s life, of working-class life.
—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 May 2024
Cardi emerged on the scene as a people’s princess from a working-class background, and she’s been vocal on social issues, too, from New York’s city and state government to Social Security and immigration.
—Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 16 May 2024
Latinos and Black Americans are joining the decades-long shift of white working-class voters from the Democratic to the Republican party.
—Ruth Umoh, Fortune, 15 May 2024
Zayn and his siblings were raised in a working-class town in West Yorkshire, England, where Trisha is from.
—Emily Blackwood, Peoplemag, 14 May 2024
Higher tariffs play into Biden's efforts to court the support of working-class voters in Midwest battleground states including Michigan, the center of the U.S. auto industry.
—Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 14 May 2024
The safely Democratic district itself is one of the most diverse in the country, stretching from working-class precincts of the Bronx to some of the nation’s wealthier suburbs in Westchester County.
—Nicholas Fandos, New York Times, 14 May 2024
Head to Cannaregio The vestiges of working-class Venice still cling to life in this sestiere, which is also the home of the Jewish Ghetto.
—Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 12 May 2024
McLellan depicts the insular emotions of romantically undecided working-class boys.
—Armond White, National Review, 10 May 2024
Noun
But the film’s profundity lies in its understanding that the thief, like so much of postwar Italy’s working class, is in the same boat as Antonio.
—Chris Bellamy and Kyle Fowle, EW.com, 10 May 2024
Sanders has built his career on his pledge to fight the powerful – including big corporations and lobbyists – to help the working class.
—Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA TODAY, 2 May 2024
Labor and immigrant rights organizers have worked for years to tamp down divisions between working class communities.
—Matt Brown, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2024
Key Food is a $4.5 billion cooperative that owns over 17% of NYC market share, with dozens of stores in diverse, working class neighborhoods across the 5 boroughs.
—Errol Schweizer, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
Manufacturing-robbing fiscal deficits don’t support the working class.
—Douglas Carr, National Review, 7 Feb. 2024
The emerging dominance of those with college degrees has changed the mix of social attitudes in what was once the blue-collar party, leading candidates who want to win primaries to take policy positions more popular on campus than among the rural or urban working class.
—Ron Elving, NPR, 23 Mar. 2024
Throughout his time in power, Thaksin was hugely popular with Thailand’s rural and working class but his policies were anathema to the rich elites and conservatives who accused him of being a dangerous and corrupt populist.
—Kocha Olarn, CNN, 17 Feb. 2024
The state also became increasingly hard to afford, creating a wider gap between the new class of Silicon Valley tech barons and the huge, largely Black and Latino working class.
—Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024
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