second-class

Example Sentences

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Health Secretary Wes Streeting says some women have been made to feel like "second class citizens" with their pain treated "as an inconvenience and their symptoms as an overreaction".

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

“He thinks it’s really important that the authors of the 14th Amendment came in and granted citizenship on this principle that there’s no second class of people born in this country.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

Pensioners living in two tower blocks said they felt like "second class citizens" after a social landlord quadrupled their heating and hot water bills overnight.

From BBC • Dec. 4, 2025

Ofcom said making changes to second class deliveries could save the loss-making Royal Mail between £250m and £425m.

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2025

They came up in a small dining room meant for crew members, and then George led everyone down a long second class corridor, up the grand staircase, and finally out onto the crowded boat deck.

From "I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912" by Lauren Tarshis