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
  • By the early ‘60s the entire middle-class had cars, and AC’s long-stay tourism became come-and-go.
    — Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 18 Dec. 2024
  • 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
  • So do a lot of people who make a lot of money, and even just upper- to middle-class working people.
    — Alex Distefano, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2025
  • 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
  • This led to the rise of a middle-class community, which allowed the area to thrive and expand as the more Black families moved to the area.
    — J.m. Banks, Kansas City Star, 20 Feb. 2025
  • 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
  • With bits about first crushes and middle-class life, Khan performs the entire show in Hindi.
    — Jennifer Day, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
  • 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
  • Taking steps to harm that is going to hurt working class and middle-class people.
    — Benjamin Siegel, ABC News, 6 Feb. 2025
  • People could go off to work in factories and earn a decent middle-class wage.
    — David Brooks, Mercury News, 31 May 2025
  • 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
  • Yet for too many people who weren’t middle-class bohemians, the city had become hell.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 21 Apr. 2025
  • 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
  • With polls showing voter opposition to elements of the law, the White House has called on Vance and his middle-class bona fides to turn public opinion.
    — Jessie Opoien, jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Public colleges offering two-year degrees and skilled-trade certificates were—and still are—a launchpad to a stable middle-class life.
    — Jim Farley, Time, 29 Aug. 2025

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
  • Baseball’s middle class has borne the brunt of the drop.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 16 Apr. 2021
  • The group of players that will be squeezed most is the middle class.
    — Brad Biggs, chicagotribune.com, 9 Mar. 2021
  • More than that, the city offered a wealth of services to the poor and the middle class.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 21 Apr. 2025
  • But the rates wouldn’t reach down into the middle class.
    — Rich Lowry, National Review, 14 Sep. 2021
  • 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
  • The deck has been stacked against the American middle class and those who aspire to be part of it.
    — NBC News, 17 Nov. 2024
  • Of course, those already in the middle class will get richer, too.
    — Jordan McGillis, National Review, 29 Apr. 2021
  • And then making sure tax cuts go to the middle class, $6,000 child tax credit.
    — Stefan Becket, CBS News, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Make peace with programs that support the poor and middle class.
    — Peggy Noonan, WSJ, 10 Feb. 2022
  • The middle class are not going to see their taxes go up.
    — CBS News, 2 May 2021
  • So some tax relief would have been a welcome move for the middle class.
    — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 2 Feb. 2022
  • 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
  • Phoenix area's housing squeeze deepens Are you in the middle class?
    — Chelsea Curtis, The Arizona Republic, 4 Apr. 2021
  • 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
  • But for the middle class, staying at home is an option.
    — Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 30 June 2025
  • What are the perks of engaging the creator middle class?
    — Cole Mason, Forbes, 2 May 2022
  • And that ends my summary of the state of the American middle class.
    — Alex Beggs, Bon Appétit, 1 July 2021
  • 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
  • How does Wisconsin’s middle class compare to the rest of the US?
    — Caden Perry, jsonline.com, 26 Mar. 2026
  • The task before us is to reopen them — and to make sure that a shot at the middle class doesn’t become a relic of the past.
    — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 25 Mar. 2026

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