How to Use glass ceiling in a Sentence

glass ceiling

noun

• If the glass ceiling didn't quite break in the 1970s, Beatts threw some big rocks.
  — Hillel Italie, ajc, 10 Apr. 2021
• Thanks for teaching me about the glass ceiling—and then showing me how to swing a hammer.
  — Kelly O'Sullivan, Country Living, 25 Mar. 2023
• In the day when there were not many cracks in that glass ceiling, Marjorie put a big dent in it — not just in Maryland but across the U.S.
  — Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com, 4 Feb. 2022
• In order to break the glass ceiling, women need to push through their self-doubt in order to rise.
  — Somdutta Singh, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2021
• Earhart was one of the greatest pilots of her time, and broke the glass ceiling in the feminist movement.
  — Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 30 Jan. 2024
• His choice broke the same glass ceiling that Ferraro had 24 years earlier, this time on the other side of the aisle.
  — Alex Scimecca, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2020
• Trujillo believes the way to break the glass ceiling is to have more role models.
  — Christopher Brito, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2021
• In some sectors, the glass ceiling is already starting to crack.
  — Katie Johnston, BostonGlobe.com, 9 June 2022
• Because of Cuevas-Castro, the Empire have a glass ceiling.
  — Sean Collins, Dallas News, 18 July 2021
• And then a storm brews over the Inferno, fog and smoke coming down through the glass ceiling that Nadine shattered.
  — Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2021
• The cause of the glass ceiling falling is unknown, and there are no further details on the incident.
  — Olivia Munson, The Arizona Republic, 30 June 2021
• There isn’t a glass ceiling above us like what in-house reps might experience.
  — Kari Larsen, Outside Online, 2 Feb. 2022
• As Black women entrepreneurs strive to shatter the glass ceiling, Dr. Lakeysha Hallmon is here to help.
  — Meimei Fox, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
• Inside, the waiting room was a three-story atrium topped by a glass ceiling.
  — Julie Washington, cleveland, 24 Feb. 2021
• These works are hung from slender stainless steel rods attached to the steel framework of the Nasher’s glass ceiling.
  — Dallas News, 14 Nov. 2022
• But the glass ceiling will remain intact, even in the event of a stunning upset in November, for a while longer.
  — John Myers, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2022
• And this has always been somewhat of a mission for West, to push boundaries and shatter glass ceilings.
  — Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 19 Dec. 2023
• Add a layer of queerness or race and female directors are left in the dust, the glass ceiling intact.
  — Caroline Saramowicz, refinery29.com, 26 July 2021
• History will long remember 2021 for many reasons, not the least is the sound of the glass ceiling starting to shatter.
  — Harvey MacKay, Star Tribune, 7 Mar. 2021
• This showstopper hits like a sledgehammer to the glass ceiling that restrains them all.
  — Courtney Howard, Variety, 1 Sep. 2021
• Her chapters on greed and lust and more apply to nervous breakdowns, break-room donuts and the unbreakable glass ceiling.
  — Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2023
• The rock's design was inspired by classic and Art Nouveau aesthetics, as well as the vaulted glass ceiling of the Grand Palais.
  — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 18 Feb. 2021
• Thank you for breaking boundaries and shattering the glass ceiling.
  — Alisyn Camerota, CNN, 31 Dec. 2022
• Even then, shattering the glass ceiling could will still be an uphill battle.
  — Courtney Vinopal, Quartz, 13 Sep. 2021
• Patti LaBelle knows a thing or two about smashing glass ceilings.
  — Shelby Stewart, Essence, 15 Nov. 2023
• The Palm Court, for example, features a turn-of-the-century design with a glass ceiling and wrought-iron columns.
  — Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 17 Nov. 2021
• This dynamic duo dealt with dark alleys and glass ceilings.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2023
• New York is arguably one of the U.S.'s most progressive cities, why is its mayoral glass ceiling still intact?
  — Fortune, 8 July 2021
• Women in the industry wait anxiously for cracks in the glass ceiling to turn into a full-blown breakthrough.
  — Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2021
• The fact that women occupy fewer than one-third of C-suite roles is less a factor of the glass ceiling and more of the broken rung, the study authors argue.
  — Jane Thier, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024