How to Use normalcy in a Sentence
normalcy
noun- Let's hope for an end to the war and a return to normalcy.
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For a moment, at least, there's a sense of normalcy in the U.S.
— Steve Peoples, ajc, 14 Nov. 2022 -
There does seem to be more normalcy and ease of doing things in the air.
— Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 2 May 2022 -
This battle will have a bit of normalcy to it that the last one didn’t.
— Stephen Means, cleveland, 1 Feb. 2023 -
With the prom, Boggy Creek again gave her a sense of normalcy.
— Michael Cuglietta, Orlando Sentinel, 28 June 2024 -
His return to normalcy would have to wait a bit longer.
— Adam Sella, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2024 -
At the time, though, track was a taste of normalcy, even when his father went to prison for two years.
— Greg McKenna, BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2023 -
But with war still raging in the country’s south and the east, the sense of normalcy is fragile.
— BostonGlobe.com, 23 Aug. 2022 -
That would be a first step; Haiti will need many more to return to normalcy.
— Renata Segura, Foreign Affairs, 29 Aug. 2024 -
Yingst said there’s a sense of normalcy in the streets of Kabul as vendors try to sell food.
— Amy Nelson, Fox News, 15 Aug. 2022 -
Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said there is a sense of normalcy to the start of this season.
— Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 19 Oct. 2022 -
For many and for us, the question isn't will things return to some sort of normalcy soon.
— Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2022 -
Even amid the 16-month-old war in Ukraine, the Kremlin has been focused on normalcy at home.
— Anton Troianovski, New York Times, 25 June 2023 -
The family's fall to normalcy is humbling to say the least.
— Milan Polk, Men's Health, 29 Sep. 2022 -
The Paris 2024 Olympic Games, by contrast, aim at a return to normalcy.
— Saima S. Iqbal, Scientific American, 7 Aug. 2024 -
My landlady brings me a pot of borscht to help create a sense of normalcy.
— CNN, 18 Feb. 2023 -
Then came the major disruptions of the pandemic and the crawl back to normalcy.
— Lawrence Specker | Lspecker@al.com, al, 13 Aug. 2023 -
Despite the devastating event, Grace was able to feel a sense of normalcy at Swift’s show the next day, wearing the dress saved from the fire.
— Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 9 June 2023 -
So just trying to keep some level of normalcy for them.
— Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 23 June 2023 -
The former captives are keenly aware, Shaw said, that the return to normalcy could be a long road.
— Dan Lamothe and Karoun Demirjian, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Sep. 2022 -
UConn women’s basketball was on the cusp of getting a sense of normalcy back.
— Lila Bromberg, Hartford Courant, 3 Jan. 2023 -
By April, the outbreaks had been largely contained, and life returned to some kind of normalcy.
— Nectar Gan, CNN, 18 Oct. 2022 -
To many, this means shattering the relative sense of normalcy that has taken hold in cities far from the front line.
— Constant Méheut, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2023 -
There are a couple of reasons to vote for Swift/Kelce besides normalcy.
— Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 3 Feb. 2024 -
Dorothy tries to carve out a sense of normalcy for herself through creative outlets.
— Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2024 -
But any semblance of normalcy quickly dissipated once Beryl roared to life at the end of the month.
— Mary Gilbert, CNN, 31 July 2024 -
But to keep some normalcy for my babies has meant everything to me.
— Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 21 July 2024 -
Maybe the worry is still there with them, and maybe that feeling has been overwhelmed by the desire to return to some semblance of normalcy.
— Damon Young, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2022 -
Her parents turned to online support groups, seeking anything that could help their daughter regain some normalcy.
— Janet W. Lee, NPR, 6 Sep. 2024 -
In any other time, all this normalcy might have felt necessary given the inherent degree of difficulty in electing a Black woman as President.
— Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2024
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