How to Use desirability in a Sentence

desirability

noun
  • The desirability of a place is based on a whole bundle of things.
    Walter Frick, Quartz, 27 Oct. 2021
  • While the cost of living is high, the city made it into the top 10 for its high desirability and vast job market.
    Taylor Mead, House Beautiful, 30 Jan. 2023
  • In a show where attraction and desirability are the name of the game, Black women have come out on top.
    Taylor Crumpton, TIME, 19 July 2024
  • The rest of the record follows a similar thread: Kendrick and Keem are out of reach but revel in their desirability.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 30 May 2023
  • Popularised by streetwear brands of the likes of Supreme, drops can be a way for mid-range price brands to achieve the desirability of luxury brands.
    Benjamin Voyer, Forbes, 31 Mar. 2023
  • For the first time in the post–Cold War era, establishing the desirability of retrenchment might be the easy part.
    Stephen Wertheim, Foreign Affairs, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Ski areas often shift the prices in advance, based on desirability of the dates.
    Tom Stienstra, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Feb. 2018
  • These have a huge impact on the overall desirability of your home.
    Mia Taylor, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Dec. 2021
  • For the performers and artists, the spaces along the pier vary greatly in desirability.
    Joe Dworetzky, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2019
  • That means prices can change according to the desirability of dates.
    Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 21 Nov. 2019
  • But there is only up to a 21 percent chance that the woman a man messages will write back, and that number drops as the desirability gap widens.
    Casey Newton, The Verge, 10 Aug. 2018
  • The wave of inbound migration to the city over the past five years is likely a reflection of its desirability.
    The Courier-Journal, 13 Oct. 2017
  • This may change your husband’s ideas about the desirability of moving back.
    Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2022
  • For some women, dyeing gray hair can be one way to retain a sense of desirability.
    Madeleine Holden, Allure, 11 July 2017
  • If the 1980s were a golden age for BMW, then Alpina was all about burnishing that gold to lustrous desirability.
    Brendan McAleer, Car and Driver, 9 May 2023
  • Make note of the condition of those houses, the upgrades, the desirability of the exact locations, and compare them to your house.
    Melissa Rolland, courant.com, 30 Dec. 2020
  • The Athletic breaks each one down and lists them by desirability.
    Joe Freeman, oregonlive, 18 June 2021
  • It’s not assigned to you according to your desirability to others, your value to the male gaze.
    Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2021
  • The website ranked Naples fourth for desirability and third for its strong job market and high household income.
    Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 17 July 2024
  • The trees were heavily logged for their desirability as a disease- and pest-resistant wood source.
    From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 26 Sep. 2021
  • It’s been around since the dawn of the brand but its competitive edge and desirability have waned since the first LS disrupted the luxury-car market in 1990.
    Drew Dorian, Car and Driver, 6 Dec. 2022
  • In the 20 years since the U.S. war in Afghanistan began, there has been debate about the desirability of nation building, sufficient troop levels – from tens of thousands to none at all – and the right time and way to leave.
    Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 July 2021
  • As if that wasn't enough, the engine architecture is beautiful to look at – with neat lines and curves across the cylinder heads adding to its desirability.
    Kyle Edward, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2023
  • The real desirability came from the right to own swans at all, because purchasing a swan mark was so expensive.
    Emily Cleaver, Smithsonian, 31 July 2017
  • Adding to this home’s desirability is its curb appeal, said Sonia Peck.
    James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 12 May 2024
  • These kinds of charity raffles aren't a new idea, but in this case the desirability of the prize is certainly goosing the interest.
    Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 1 June 2020
  • The question now is who can keep desirability at the heart of LVMH in an age of protests and global economic uncertainty.
    Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2023
  • But the iPhone's desirability to consumers did play a role here, since carriers were willing to cede control to Apple in order to carry the iPhone.
    Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 29 June 2017
  • Doubts over desirability, a lack of demand, and the high cost of purchasing a new EV were also listed as reasons for pessimism.
    Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Bottles from Washington are also showing up at auction and on the collector’s market, proof of the desirability of the state’s vinous output.
    Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 4 Aug. 2024

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