AFFLUENT in a Sentence

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1. This led to the creation of a new, affluent middle class.
2. Cigarette smoking used to be commoner among affluent people.
3. A little beyond an affluent, which was, probably, the Madeleine branch, he halted.
4. They want the same opportunity to pursue their dreams as everyone else who lives in affluent school districts.
5. On that side the lane was open, and about two hundred paces further on, ran into a street of which it was the affluent.

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 Meanings and Examples of AFFLUENT
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affluent
 a.  having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
Classic Sentence:
1  On that side the lane was open, and about two hundred paces further on, ran into a street of which it was the affluent.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER III—TO WIT, THE PLAN OF PARIS IN 1727
2  A little beyond an affluent, which was, probably, the Madeleine branch, he halted.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER IV—HE ALSO BEARS HIS CROSS
3  They were not, so far as I could judge, of any great value, nor did the bank-book show that Mr. Oldacre was in such very affluent circumstances.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In II. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NORWOOD BUILDER
Example Sentence:
1  They want the same opportunity to pursue their dreams as everyone else who lives in affluent school districts.
2  Key to this assessment is the critical geographical fact that North Korea is adjacent to South Korea, an affluent democracy.
3  The survey also found that two-thirds of these affluent Canadians were self-made, meaning they had built up their nest egg on their own.
4  Pope Francis beatified 124 early Korean martyrs on Saturday at a mass in Seoul in which he urged people in affluent societies to listen to "the cry of the poor" among them.
5  Cigarette smoking used to be commoner among affluent people.
6  This led to the creation of a new, affluent middle class.