These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'plebeian.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Williamson, National Review, 11 July 2019 See More 2019 Which is to say: The intellectual became a plebeian in part because the patricians abandoned their duty. 2019 Once a month, he and Trudy - a registered nurse - volunteer their time at a free medical clinic in Arlington, Virginia, treating the uninsured for problems as plebeian as hemorrhoids. 2020 Behind the film lie the Panama Papers-the millions of files, leaked in 2016, that demonstrated how the wealthy stash their moola offshore and thereby avoid the plebeian vulgarity of tax.Īnthony Lane, The New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2020 That's right - getting a hole in one for Simpson is like yawning for plebeian humans. 2020 The reported output figures of at least 400 horsepower and 361 lb-ft of torque for the STI are new, though, and surprising, given that this engine makes 260 horsepower and 277 lb-ft of torque in its more plebeian applications. Ryan Zummallen, Star Tribune, 2 June 2021 But there are precious few supercars anymore that aren't force-fed air by multiple turbos, and all-wheel drive has become just as ubiquitous in more plebeian autos.Įzra Dyer, Car and Driver, 17 Mar.

2022 The Lexus ES is the brand's entry-level luxury sedan and shares a mechanical relationship with the more plebeian Toyota Camry. 2017 Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective Wide fenders, a menacing front fascia, and GR Corolla–specific wheels are only the tip of the iceberg that separates Toyota's hottest hatch from its more plebeian Corolla sibling.

2018 Which is, 99 percent of us plebeians need to pick a new hobby.Įlise Taylor, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2018 That is because the Roman Forum began as a market and became the place where patricians would meet plebeians and press the flesh. New York Times, Running dreams, for runners and plebeians nonrunners alike, are totally common and take myriad forms with boundless interpretations. 2016 Celebrities surprising unsuspecting plebeians is practically a cottage industry at this point. 2018 Snob is an 18th-century term for a cobbler's apprentice and, by extension, for plebeians in general, like me. 2019 But unlike us plebeians, the model got to come back as an adult and put her own stamp on the iconic toy store, which is reopening at 30 Rockefeller Center on November 16.Ĭhloe Foussianes, Town & Country, 25 Oct. 2019 The second-class plebeians worked the farms, baked the bread and built the walls.īret Stetka, Scientific American, 11 Oct. Recent Examples on the Web: Noun In practice, the plebeians (the general citizenry) had fewer voting rights than the aristocratic patricians.

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