How to Use elite in a Sentence

elite

noun
  • Trump of course knew that the elite were wrong about him.
    Wallace Shawn, The New Republic, 29 June 2021
  • The rest of the college baseball elite saw that first-hand.
    Jon Meoli, baltimoresun.com, 8 June 2019
  • Whether Tani will one day join the ranks of the chess elite is hard to say.
    The Economist, 5 June 2020
  • The tri-state elite will soon have a swanky new place to unplug.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 4 Aug. 2022
  • What was once design for the elite is now coming home to the rest of us.
    Lucia Tonelli, ELLE Decor, 19 Feb. 2019
  • Brugge held firm and can dream of upsetting the elite in weeks to come.
    Samindra Kunti, Forbes, 15 Sep. 2021
  • By that point, the venue was hosting a who’s who of rock’s elite.
    Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 12 Mar. 2021
  • To make a deep playoff run, the Stars will have to beat elite teams.
    Matthew Defranks, Dallas News, 26 Feb. 2020
  • At the time, the galleries were open exclusively to the elite.
    Anton Corbijn, Vogue, 13 Feb. 2018
  • And elites still question these efforts to break the silence?
    Will Bunch, Philly.com, 26 June 2018
  • The actions of these young people, and of the elites who run the schools, are more than appalling.
    Matthew Continetti, National Review, 13 Oct. 2023
  • For most of that pack of feral elite, this statement is true.
    Sara Netzley, EW.com, 9 Feb. 2023
  • Patriots believe those elites want the land, the gold, the oil and the coal for themselves.
    John Temple, The Conversation, 23 Oct. 2019
  • These people, the elites know in their hearts, will never learn.
    Peter Tonguette, Washington Examiner, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Four young entrepreneurs with a grandiose vision of building a utopia for the tech elite.
    Anne Sraders, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2023
  • For a side with such a miserable away record against the elite, no point is to be sniffed at.
    Jonathan Wilson, SI.com, 30 Sep. 2019
  • By now, there has become a clear delineation of the elite of the East.
    Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 20 Mar. 2021
  • Putin and his elites are preparing people for a longer and wider war.
    Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 May 2023
  • And Mitchell hopes to be listed among that elite grouping one day.
    Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 25 Oct. 2021
  • That's it for our less-than-elite eight picks from Ars' staff.
    Ars Staff, Ars Technica, 2 Jan. 2020
  • Sechin is not the only member of the Russian elite who got a yacht seized this week.
    Amiah Taylor, Fortune, 3 Mar. 2022
  • The grassroots will lead us back to power — not party elites.
    Andrew O'Reilly, Fox News, 9 Sep. 2018
  • Newcastle, after years in the muck, is back among the top flight’s elite.
    Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 14 Oct. 2022
  • Yet we are told by the ruling classes, the media, and the elite that there is no such scandal.
    Victor Davis Hanson, National Review, 2 Nov. 2020
  • The elite among us will have perfected their own fish-fry batter recipe.
    Outdoor Life, 27 May 2020
  • But here's the thing: coastal elites don't give a rat's ass about such comparisons.
    Ian Belknap, Chicago Reader, 20 Dec. 2017
  • But they are outnumbered by hourly wage workers, who aren’t part of the tech elite.
    Anchorage Daily News, 24 Apr. 2022
  • Rodeo Drive is a place that feels, at once, elite and off-limits.
    Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2021
  • To know Ron Klain, then, is to have entered the power elite.
    Matthew Continetti, National Review, 24 July 2021
  • Both men were buried in lead sarcophagi, which was a practice reserved for the elite.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Dec. 2022

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