How to Use middle-class in a Sentence

middle-class

1 of 2 adjective

• Berlusconi was born in Milan in 1936, the son of a middle-class banker.
  — Peter Weber, The Week, 12 June 2023
• It was named one of the best places for middle-class homebuyers by Realtor.com.
  — Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2023
• The savings for the middle-class could be more meaningful.
  — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2024
• But the growing traction of women in the workforce hadn’t quite reached the ranks of middle-class mothers yet.
  — Linne Halpern, ELLE, 21 June 2023
• But with Hollywood in flux, will writers be able to hold on to a middle-class life long term?
  — Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Sep. 2023
• Yet a middle-class version of Old Pat could chat up a group of old folks and become instant friends.
  — Lexi Pandell, WIRED, 31 Aug. 2023
• Stop going to the middle-class and hard-working people of NYC to carry the burden.
  — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 25 June 2024
• The plans were once further out of reach for middle-class Americans.
  — Noah Weiland, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2024
• Janet Malcolm was born to a middle-class family in Prague in 1934.
  — Sam Adler-Bell, The New Republic, 20 Mar. 2023
• One goal of the Gray New Deal is to make sure that a middle-class worker can remain a middle-class retiree.
  — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 11 Mar. 2024
• So, how could such a city remain a place that middle-class people could even afford?
  — CBS News, 19 May 2024
• Most of my friends come from stable middle-class families that aren’t as needy as mine.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 12 Nov. 2023
• Decades ago, young adults didn't need much more than a high school degree to secure a job with solid, middle-class wages.
  — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 5 May 2023
• The rising cost of basic goods has deepened the hardships faced by middle-class and poor Egyptians.
  — Samy Magdy, Quartz, 6 Mar. 2024
• Republicans and Democrats have long fought over the Black vote, the evangelical vote, and the middle-class vote.
  — Tyler Foggatt, The New Yorker, 1 Sep. 2024
• Just over a third of Americans met all six markers of a middle-class lifestyle.
  — Scott Clement, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2024
• But the recent Covid-era boom has driven up rents and squeezed middle-class residents.
  — Low De Wei, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2023
• There is something about the throne-ness of being born in North America as a middle-class person.
  — Hazlitt, 3 Apr. 2024
• Fears of a large-scale flight of middle-class families fleeing to charters or private schools have not come to pass.
  — Troy Closson, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2023
• The White House’s proposals would provide middle-class first-time buyers with $5,000 per year for two years.
  — Evan Halper, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2024
• Moving to Bali gave the 38-year-old greater freedom and a middle-class lifestyle with what might be barely enough money to live on back home.
  — Yucheng Tang, Anchorage Daily News, 28 July 2023
• Ross Yednock swam in a sea of American middle-class well-being all his life.
  — Clara Germani, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 June 2023
• Yet the expense of Doug’s residential Alzheimer’s care poses a grave threat to their middle-class nest egg.
  — Christopher Rowland, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Mar. 2023
• That has kept the housing market in neutral, keeping the key to middle-class wealth growth out of reach for so many would-be homebuyers.
  — David Goldman, CNN, 6 Oct. 2023
• Their goal is to convince middle-class Americans that lunar living is not just for the elite.
  — Lorraine Alitelevision Critic, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2023
• Born in Madrid to a middle-class family, Álvarez released his first songs while still a student at a Catholic high school.
  — Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2023
• Most who have come to the United States in the past year were middle-class adults who have headed to New York after being released from custody.
  — Eileen Sullivan, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2023
• The sit-in is led by Sloane, a middle-class Black woman whose character is a blend of those included in Garmus’ book.
  — Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Oct. 2023
• At the turn of the century, the average middle-class matriarch spent 44 hours per week on food preparation and nearly 12 hours on laundry.
  — Tiana Lowe Doescher, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 29 Nov. 2024
• The explanation of what happened to America’s middle-class is even more memorable because of the clever lyrics and enticing melody.
  — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 20 Nov. 2024

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middle class

2 of 2 noun

• The wealthy, the middle class, and the poor will all suffer.
  — Stuart Anderson, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2022
• The middle class built the country, and unions built the middle class.
  — Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 10 Mar. 2024
• The rich will be fine, but the middle class is paying the bill.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 11 May 2022
• Thelma Golden grew up in the heart of the Black middle class.
  — Calvin Tomkins, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
• Moskowitz said the new IRS agents will target the middle class.
  — Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 6 Oct. 2022
• In the nearer term, Russia’s poor and middle class will feel the heat.
  — Miriam Berger, Washington Post, 23 Apr. 2022
• The tax increases are aimed at businesses and the wealthy and the tax cuts are aimed at the middle class.
  — Molly Beck, Journal Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2023
• Tell me some more about how the GOP really looks out for the middle class of this state.
  — Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2022
• Fifty-nine per cent identified as middle class, and most lived in the South.
  — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
• And then making sure tax cuts go to the middle class, $6,000 child tax credit.
  — Stefan Becket, CBS News, 2 Oct. 2024
• The idea is that poor people and the lower middle class don’t pay enough in taxes.
  — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 6 May 2022
• The definition of the middle class has changed the least in Alaska.
  — Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 21 May 2024
• So, yes, I was privileged to be solidly in the middle class and live on a nice street.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 15 Sep. 2022
• Once the bastion of the privileged few, the campus soon came to be seen as a way station along the road to the middle class.
  — New York Times, 13 May 2022
• What are the perks of engaging the creator middle class?
  — Cole Mason, Forbes, 2 May 2022
• Harris also has an edge over Trump on the issue of who looks out for the middle class.
  — Amie Parnes, The Hill, 4 Nov. 2024
• The middle class is stagnating while the rich get even richer.
  — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 13 Jan. 2024
• Unions say the training provides a path to the middle class on par with a four-year college degree.
  — Erica E. Phillips, Hartford Courant, 13 Nov. 2022
• Support of over 70% came from the solidly middle class districts of the Sunset and Lake Merced.
  — Michael Bernick, Forbes, 15 June 2022
• But for the first time since the middle class began to emerge, its promise is uncertain.
  — Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Feb. 2024
• The economy will continue to benefit the 1% at the expense of the poor and the middle class.
  — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
• To be a browser was arguably the defining pastime of the emergent middle class.
  — Suzannah Showler, WIRED, 3 Oct. 2023
• So per usual, the middle class here is going to get hammered.
  — Julia Moskin, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2024
• Below-the-line jobs have long been seen as a path to a middle class life, despite the long hours and grueling work.
  — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2024
• Biden has made a greater effort than any president in decades to shift wealth from the top to the middle class and working poor.
  — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 10 July 2023
• Homeownership has long been the key path to wealth-building for the U.S. middle class.
  — Nicole Friedman, WSJ, 8 July 2022
• Those who are middle class, by contrast, will struggle, and the poor might be hurt quite badly.
  — Damon Linker, The Week, 29 Apr. 2022
• But how different is the modern-day middle class from a decade ago?
  — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 4 June 2024
• Cooke broke the monopoly of the New York bankers by taking the fundraising project to the American middle class.
  — Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2022
• Trump hasn’t faced many of these questions on the campaign trail or in debates or interviews, as the candidates and reporters covering them tend to focus more on the middle class.
  — Eli Hager, ProPublica, 2 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Dec 2024