Moving to a higher social class; acquiring wealth and status.
‘an upwardly mobile daughter returning to her roots’
‘Judging from the polls, they are even starting to attract upwardly mobile Hispanics who regularly attend church.’
‘The film is set in an upwardly mobile neighborhood in suburban Massachusetts.’
‘Every hurt, angry, upwardly mobile divorcing person is vulnerable to such fantasies.’
‘Not uncommonly, her heroines are upwardly mobile, particularly through the agency of matrimony.’
‘In the race to be upwardly mobile, we were falling sadly behind.’
‘MPs judge their upwardly mobile colleagues according to their own prejudiced views about how junior ministers should behave.’
‘The small upwardly mobile nuclear family is now separated by two TV sets.’
‘Upwardly mobile Evangelicals used to mark their arrival in the local establishment by joining the Episcopalian or Presbyterian Church.’
‘Upwardly mobile types set off for hikes up mountains in exotic locals.’
‘These locations appeal to the same kinds of upwardly mobile buyers.’
‘For the upwardly mobile bachelor on a budget, this tiny 350-sq-ft home could be the ideal stop-gap.’
‘At least they're showing upwardly mobile ethnic minorities.’
‘His vulnerability is compounded by the vehemence with which his upwardly mobile wife rejects traditional black vernacular values, including any interest in his parents.’
‘He found his true position at Crewe Alexandra before moving to the upwardly mobile Leicester City club in 1997.’
‘You'll likely find a brightly dressed pastor leading a trim and successful congregation of upwardly mobile families.’
‘He made a fortune from trade and joined the gentry, but he was by no means the first upwardly mobile business magnate.’
‘And, central among them, was the upwardly mobile son of a local farmer, Thomas Willis.’
‘Normally, mentors are successful and upwardly mobile, enjoying high rank or position in the Army.’
‘It seems that upwardly mobile social climbers find the snob appeal of double-barrelled names irresistible.’
‘However, the Jocks are also more upwardly mobile.’
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