How to Use double standard in a Sentence

double standard

noun

• She argued that society applies a double standard in dealing with women who commit adultery.
• All-Star, who viewed the move as part of a double standard.
  — Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 30 Dec. 2021
• The bassist spoke to this instance and called it a double standard.
  — Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 23 Jan. 2023
• That seems like a double standard to many in the cannabis business.
  — Joe Garofoli, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Apr. 2021
• This shows that there is more than a double standard at play.
  — Eugene Kontorovich, WSJ, 14 Jan. 2020
• There's a double standard in a way that is not applied to men.
  — Bianca Betancourt, Harper's BAZAAR, 13 Oct. 2020
• Daly later says in the the recording that there is a double standard regarding the use of the racial slur.
  — Jim Ayello, The Indianapolis Star, 26 June 2020
• The sense of a double standard, once implanted, is hard to shake.
  — Mark Landler, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2022
• DeLong says this is an easy way for the state to limit its costs, and a double standard.
  — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 14 Oct. 2022
• And the guy with the double standard is but one member of a great woke pandemic herd.
  — John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 3 Mar. 2021
• This has caused some to argue there is a double standard.
  — W. James Antle Iii, Washington Examiner, 12 June 2020
• Williams said that Bryant’s firing shows the double standard within the tech field.
  — Tat Bellamy-Walker, NBC News, 24 Aug. 2022
• For Frost, the hurried measures were the mark of a blatant double standard.
  — Benjamin Mueller, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Nov. 2021
• People are more aware that there can’t be a double standard.
  — Natalie Weiner, Billboard, 25 July 2019
• The allegations of double standards have truth to them, to a point.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 22 June 2023
• Five years ago in Rio de Janeiro, she was stunned when her bronze on beam was met with a shrug of the shoulders, proof of the double standard she is held to.
  — Will Graves, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Aug. 2021
• Is Fields the latest black quarterback to face the draft’s double standard?
  — Matt Goul, cleveland, 28 Apr. 2021
• Many are fuming at the racist double standard now set by the government.
  — Hanna Kozlowska, The New Republic, 13 Apr. 2022
• But if remote work becomes the norm, that double standard may fade.
  — Katie Johnston, BostonGlobe.com, 9 June 2022
• Marks called the move an unjust and unfair double standard.
  — Richard Fowler, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
• The double standard is almost as old as hip-hop itself.
  — Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2024
• If ever there was an example of the double standard, this is it.
  — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 26 June 2023
• Davidson called out the double standard on judgments about their ages.
  — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 27 Mar. 2019
• The team had planned for some time to ignore the rules this year in order highlight the double standard set for women athletes across the sports world.
  — Frances Solá-Santiago, refinery29.com, 27 July 2021
• Some civil rights activists saw a racial double standard in the way the white gunman was treated.
  — The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Nov. 2021
• The double standard from the anti-Trump crowd didn't go unnoticed.
  — Fox News, 12 June 2020
• But critics have pointed to a double standard by France.
  — Elian Peltier, New York Times, 8 Aug. 2022
• Many called that an example of a racist double standard.
  — Juliana Kim, NPR, 31 Mar. 2024
• Swift sings on the tune about society’s chauvinistic double standards.
  — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 11 Sep. 2024
• There’s a stark contrast in how the league’s Black and white players are perceived, and this double standard is damaging not only to the athletes but also to the league’s credibility in addressing issues of race and fairness.
  — Deanna Taylor, refinery29.com, 4 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 7 Dec 2024