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.
• Shoupe, like others, is concerned about the double standard.
  — al, 16 Jan. 2021
• Women are still held to an unfair double standard in just about every aspect of life.
  — Natalie Gontcharova, refinery29.com, 15 Dec. 2020
• There may be a gender double standard to Pompeo’s comment.
  — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 13 Nov. 2020
• There’s a double standard for men interacting with children that women don’t face.
  — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 28 Dec. 2020
• Trump’s misconduct, namely, the double standard and the Democrats’ motive.
  — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 17 Jan. 2021
• However, people pointed out the double standard in the way male and female pundits were often treated.
  — Ben Church, CNN, 30 Dec. 2020
• One of the most troubling examples of the double standard applied to Hannah and Dave is the response to their bodies.
  — Emma Pattee, Marie Claire, 10 Nov. 2020
• But there is debate, even among those who agree with Zaman's central complaint of a double standard in the justice system, on whether such a law could cause more harm than good.
  — Andy Mannix, Star Tribune, 29 Dec. 2020
• The lack of masks shortly after implementing a mask mandate drew attention on social media, where some wondered if Biden was guilty of having a double standard.
  — Michael Lee, Washington Examiner, 21 Jan. 2021
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Still, some critics argue that the IOC’s relative silence on Gaza represents a double standard.
  — Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 18 July 2024
• Like Brenda, she was judged by ridiculously hypocritical double standards, sexualized and then demonized for it.
  — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 14 July 2024

Last Updated: 26 Sep 2024