How to Use patriarchy in a Sentence

patriarchy

noun

• For 20 years, the country was ruled as a patriarchy.
• That and the fact that the patriarchy is still alive and well.
  — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 25 May 2022
• So by all means, drive a stake through the heart of the patriarchy.
  — Don Aucoin, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Oct. 2022
• The pressure to change the law and address the patriarchy is from the grass roots.
  — Ramin Mostaghim, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2019
• This is not a blow to the patriarchy; this is Sesame Street.
  — Molly Fischer, The Cut, 10 Jan. 2018
• Miles takes on not just the patriarchy but the phallusy as well.
  — Washington Post, 5 Mar. 2021
• O’Leary: There’s a lot of language in here about the patriarchy.
  — Lizzie O'Leary, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2019
• Ever thought about what the world would be like if the patriarchy wasn't a thing?
  — Ineye Komonibo, Marie Claire, 18 Sep. 2019
• Tell them the contours of patriarchy closed in, but haven’t crushed me.
  — Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
• The burning smell wasn’t the smoldering sea eel but the demise of the sushi patriarchy.
  — Adam Erace, Travel + Leisure, 14 Oct. 2023
• Broadway artists love to complain about the grip of the patriarchy.
  — Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 12 June 2019
• That’s just a sign, though, that the patriarchy is as fragile as their egos.
  — Will Dukes, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2021
• And there are moments that speak to the idea that the white male patriarchy is in decline.
  — Jen Chaney, Vulture, 3 May 2024
• Of course, DeGeare adds, the patriarchy is also at play.
  — Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, 28 June 2021
• The essence of queerness is a big challenge to patriarchy.
  — Shahamat Uddin, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2023
• Martha Mitchell wasn't good, not in the way the patriarchy demanded in 1972 and beyond.
  — Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 24 Apr. 2022
• Kat Irlin Turn the patriarchy on its head with a high-slit skirt suit.
  — Kat Irlin, Marie Claire, 9 Nov. 2021
• The patriarchy can try to control us, but some of us cannot be controlled.
  — Kate Moore, Time, 22 June 2021
• Why, a painting of her dog toppling the patriarchy, of course!
  — Zoe Weiner, Glamour, 3 Oct. 2018
• There is a way in which this is all about grooming for patriarchy.
  — Emma Sarran Webster, Teen Vogue, 30 Nov. 2018
• These teens are not about the patriarchy or post-colonial ...
  — Kaely Monahan, The Arizona Republic, 28 June 2023
• This is how the rules of the patriarchy propagate themselves.
  — Brian Gresko, Longreads, 12 June 2018
• So Martha and Maria found more subtle ways to push against patriarchy.
  — Charisse Jones, USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2018
• The show’s first season gives one answer: the patriarchy.
  — Jennifer Schuessler, New York Times, 30 Oct. 2019
• Hold on to your wallets, patriarchy; the Hustlers are coming for your cash in one of the wildest movie trailers of the year.
  — Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 17 July 2019
• Of course, Sharon and his design team are not buying this kind of patriarchy.
  — Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2019
• Death to the greedy patriarchy that has been doing this to women for centuries.
  — Chloe Melas, CNN, 13 July 2021
• In hindsight, 2003 was an omen of the toxic mix of jingoism and patriarchy that was to come.
  — Lyz Lenz, Rolling Stone, 16 Feb. 2024
• Canceled by her former classmates and the private school’s administration for exposing her breasts at school to protest the patriarchy, Maeve must contend with country life after her fall from grace.
  — Matthew Creith, IndieWire, 14 Sep. 2024
• In 2016 in California, Hindu-nationalist groups claimed that sixth-grade textbooks were biased against Hindus and demanded they be revised to give a kindlier depiction of the caste system, and to downplay the role of patriarchy in India.
  — Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 20 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Dec 2024