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
• There's no more talk, as there was in 2016, of glass ceilings and all this stuff.
  — NBC News, 18 Aug. 2019
• Know your worth, fight for seat at the table, break the glass ceiling.
  — Meaghan Hanley, refinery29.com, 24 May 2018
• But in 1993, Yo-Yo seemed to be on the cusp of shattering the glass ceiling.
  — Liz Sanchez, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2024
• If Aso backs her, Kamikawa could break through the highest of Japan’s glass ceilings.
  — Ian Bremmer, TIME, 23 May 2024
• Two of these women are no strangers to breaking the glass ceiling.
  — Lauren M. Johnson, CNN, 27 Sep. 2020
• LaPolt said with a shrug, noting the glass ceiling would not apply to her.
  — Leila Cobo, Billboard, 6 June 2019
• Things took off from there, and Earhart soon was breaking the highest of glass ceilings.
  — Erin Davis and Brandon Griggs, CNN, 24 July 2019
• 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
• The broken rung is a relatively new term, while the glass ceiling dates back to the 1970s.
  — Katy McFee, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
• Women have come a long way in the corporate world, but the glass ceiling must be made out of Pyrex.
  — Shirley Leung, BostonGlobe.com, 17 May 2018
• 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
• In the rear the sunroom has its original all-glass ceiling and walls that look into the back yard.
  — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 31 Mar. 2018
• But there is no more glass ceiling for anyone to break through in Seattle.
  — Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 19 Aug. 2020
• Not to steal the glass ceiling metaphor, but to push through boundaries that have been in place for a really long time.
  — Dan Shinaberry, Teen Vogue, 2 June 2018
• 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
• Whether one or the other was the absolute first to break a glass ceiling could be open to debate.
  — William McDonald, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2019
• 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
• Don't hide because the world has put labels and boxes and glass ceilings.
  — Jackie Fields, Peoplemag, 3 June 2024
• The message is clear: confidence and resilience are the keys to breaking through the glass ceiling.
  — Michelle Penelope King, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
• In some sectors, the glass ceiling is already starting to crack.
  — Katie Johnston, BostonGlobe.com, 9 June 2022
• Fraser has broken the glass ceiling, but still faces a challenge in avoiding the glass cliff.
  — David Meyer, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2020
• Because of Cuevas-Castro, the Empire have a glass ceiling.
  — Sean Collins, Dallas News, 18 July 2021
• The camera then zoomed past the Champs-Élysées and toward the iconic vaulted glass ceiling of the Grand Palais, the maison’s storied show venue.
  — Barry Samaha, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 Oct. 2020
• By all means, darling, reach for the stars, break that glass ceiling, climb every mountain—just be nice about it.
  — Abby Gardner, Glamour, 30 Apr. 2018
• The glass ceiling has long been talked about as the barrier keeping women from top roles in the workplace.
  — Corilyn Shropshire, chicagotribune.com, 18 Oct. 2019
• With a glass ceiling, mosaics on the floors, and designer stores, it’s sometimes called the city’s parlor.
  — Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 25 July 2024
• Fencing at the historic Grand Palais figures to get pretty loud, what with the clatter of blades and referees barking commands, the rumble of the crowd echoing off vaulted glass ceilings.
  — David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2024

Last Updated: 4 Oct 2024