How to Use activism in a Sentence

activism

noun

• In the nexus of patient activism and science, there is hope for a cure.
  — Sheana Ochoa, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2022
• Bono has also had a dramatic impact offstage, through his activism.
  — John Blake, CNN, 8 Nov. 2022
• Raitt was honored for her activism on social justice, the environment and human rights.
  — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 8 Dec. 2024
• The venture never took off, derailing their finances and Lydia’s activism.
  — James Marcus, WSJ, 4 Nov. 2022
• But that hasn’t quelled tenant activism in California, where nearly half the state’s 40 million residents are renters.
  — Michael Casey, Fortune, 2 Nov. 2022
• Please, please, please, channel any disappointment at your candidate's loss into community service and activism ...
  — Helaine Williams, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2022
• Yet a troubling trend is emerging involving state and local governments’ general-obligation bonds and their judicial climate activism.
  — R.a. Moss, WSJ, 2 Nov. 2022
• Bahgat said that on account of his activism, the Egyptian government has had him under a travel ban for the past seven years and frozen his bank account and assets since 2016.
  — Hyder Abbasi, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2022
• Ruth Doyle died in a car wreck on one of those trips, but Ernest didn't stop his activism.
  — Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2023
• Both spoke about the impact of Huerta and Milk’s activism on their own lives and work.
  — Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2024
• Were the Trump years sort of a line in the sand for you as far as political activism goes?
  — Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 16 Feb. 2023
• From Africa, where most of his activism is based, to G8 meetings, to even the ears of U.S. presidents.
  — Arkansas Online, 30 Nov. 2022
• Maybe some artists aren’t thinking about it as activism.
  — Juan Velasquez, Them, 25 Nov. 2024
• The brunt of her activism, of late, has involved the opioid crisis, of which Goldin is a survivor.
  — K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 28 Nov. 2022
• Those of us who grew up in the ’80s and ’90s remember Turlington as the face of fashion, not activism.
  — Natasha Pearlman, Glamour, 28 Feb. 2023
• Having people call her by her name is a point of activism.
  — Rachel Fradette, The Indianapolis Star, 8 June 2023
• At only 6, Bridges’ bravery helped pave the way for civil rights activism in the U.S. South.
  — Dominique Barchus, Women's Health, 27 Jan. 2023
• Since the pandemic, the idea of mutual aid and activism is at the front of many people’s minds.
  — Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Jan. 2023
• A lot of these players fashion sort of social activism as part of their brand.
  — The Politics Of Everything, The New Republic, 27 Sep. 2023
• Abramoff and Kalmus each welcomed AGU’s openness to more activism.
  — Bywarren Cornwall, science.org, 23 Feb. 2023
• India was once at the forefront of global South activism.
  — Happymon Jacob, Foreign Affairs, 25 Dec. 2023
• And to her, grief work is activism work; the two are inextricably linked.
  — Annie Daly, Vogue, 13 Sep. 2023
• Many of those places expose the horrors of the past or celebrate the activism that rose up in defiance of it.
  — Rick Rojas, New York Times, 9 May 2024
• Donalds comes from the world of Florida school-choice activism.
  — Emma Green, The New Yorker, 1 Sep. 2023
• The firm’s clients span film, TV, music, literary, tech and activism.
  — Todd Spangler, Variety, 9 May 2023
• Many of us rely on the app for news, activism and entertainment.
  — Marium Zahra, Sun Sentinel, 2 July 2024
• The director has twice served time in Iranian jails for his films and activism.
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 May 2024
• Of course, youth activism has changed and grown with new technology.
  — WSJ, 5 Dec. 2023
• As Rapinoe has always acknowledged, though, the activism has to flow downstream from the sport.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2023
• Democrats across the nation are spearheading a wave of grassroots activism, legal actions, and legislative initiatives to safeguard immigrant communities.
  — Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 1 Jan 2025