How to Use censorship in a Sentence

censorship

noun

• But the mood among many is glum in the face of a new threat: censorship.
  — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2022
• And how about those censorship laws of which the British ...
  — Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 15 Aug. 2022
• Some on the right say that fears of GOP censorship are overblown.
  — Hannah Natanson, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Feb. 2023
• And that is an area, on the Russian side of the border, with full censorship.
  — Time, 10 Aug. 2023
• At present, censorship of art and artists is stricter than ever.
  — Holland Cotter, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2022
• The art of drag and the freedom of expression that comes with it is under threat of censorship.
  — Tyler Renner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2024
• By then, censorship was moving out of the courts and into schools and libraries.
  — Joy Lanzendorfer, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2023
• Like all of Garner’s writing, the book might be seen as a response to a kind of censorship of feeling.
  — Helen Sullivan, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2023
• His gloss on censorship, its past and present, is dizzyingly brisk, and limited to the fate of his own book.
  — Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
• To deny them this privilege is the worst form of censorship.
  — Beth Thames | [e-mail], al, 24 Aug. 2022
• So why is Kennedy, who purports to care about issues of censorship, speaking at the summit?
  — Adrienne Mahsa Varkiani, The New Republic, 21 June 2023
• Because of propaganda and censorship, many of them weren’t aware of the depth and prevalence of poverty in the country.
  — Li Yuan, New York Times, 4 May 2023
• Walz let Vance get away with Stop the Steal diction and spin the bottle to make censorship and cancel culture Harris’ fault.
  — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2024
• In any case, this censorship snafu, though soon sorted out, was not what the occasion called for.
  — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2024
• For some, like in Putin’s Russia or in Xi’s China, that’s through active state censorship.
  — Sean Illing, Vox, 11 Aug. 2024
• During his speech at the British Book Awards, Rushdie spoke out forcefully against censorship.
  — Lauren Kent, CNN, 16 May 2023
• Dropping a comic strip from our pages is not censorship.
  — San Antonio Express-News, 25 Feb. 2023
• The public commented via email and in person in support of the arts center and censorship-free art.
  — Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Aug. 2022
• At the same time, state legislators have sought to solve these problems in the worst possible way: with a wave of censorship of their own.
  — José Antonio Bowen, Baltimore Sun, 8 Feb. 2024
• Despite the crushing censorship and prison realities that hover on the edges, the heart of this book is warm and gentle.
  — Olivia Waite, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2023
• In neither instance was the censorship board obliged by law to explain its ruling.
  — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 8 Aug. 2022
• The analysis offers a snapshot of the spike in censorship but most likely fails to capture the magnitude of bans.
  — Elizabeth A. Harris, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Mar. 2023
• But overall, the program took care to present a variety of books, and avoid any appearance of censorship.
  — Jennifer Schuessler, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2023
• First, one issue is whether the restrictions deemed by AI makers ought to even be in place at the get-go (some see this as a form of arbitrary censorship by the AI firms).
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
• The right wing and conservatives for years have accused Twitter of censorship with no proof.
  — Luis Melgar, Washington Post, 27 Nov. 2022
• At the time, the Western art world was imploding, with artists voicing concerns about censorship.
  — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
• Plus, fast charger secrets, the feds crack down on social media censorship, how to find the best router, and the best way to keep your cellphone number private.
  — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2023
• In his State of the State address in February, the governor spoke directly about censorship and book bans in schools.
  — Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 5 May 2023
• Experts say the incident speaks to a growing concern about censorship in the country.
  — Brahmjot Kaur, NBC News, 25 Aug. 2023
• After all, until 1993, Dallas housed the last local film censorship board in America.
  — Lisa Laman, IndieWire, 11 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Nov 2024