How to Use sensationalism in a Sentence

sensationalism

noun

• The network was accused of sensationalism in its reporting.
• But that’s not enough sensationalism for a lot of places.
  — Jasmine Grant, Essence, 5 Aug. 2019
• That was a process of leaking and sensationalism that sought first to damage the Trump campaign.
  — Victor Davis Hanson, National Review, 6 Feb. 2018
• There’s been this sensationalism in the media that has racialized this whole thing.
  — Adrienne So, Wired, 19 Aug. 2020
• Derecka says we can't get caught up in the sensationalism.
  — Jeneé Osterheldt, kansascity, 24 Mar. 2012
• Thurston said claims Williams has made in his bid for the office are misleading and that his campaign is based on sensationalism and hearsay.
  — Rachel Herzog, Arkansas Online, 24 Apr. 2022
• Do not let the sensationalism of television news worry you to a tizzy.
  — Jefferson County Cooperative Extension, AL.com, 9 Feb. 2018
• This definitely is a Shonda-show, in terms of its sensationalism and the cast and the scope and the underlying themes.
  — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 14 Feb. 2022
• For all the sensationalism of what was a very real ordeal, any accounting of it requires respect, both for the dead and for the living.
  — John Anderson, WSJ, 2 Jan. 2024
• It’s not a blood-and-gore movie climaxing with cheap sensationalism.
  — Armond White, National Review, 8 Apr. 2022
• Many critics of the time, repelled by his vigilantism and sensationalism, condemned his books as nasty, poor, brutish and not short enough.
  — Michael Saler, WSJ, 26 Jan. 2023
• Some of these artists will rise beyond sheer sensationalism; others will flame out quickly.
  — Gary Shteyngart, The New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2017
• Both appeal chiefly to boomers and Gen-Xers; both are fountains of falsehoods, sensationalism and simplistic memes.
  — Will Oremus, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2023
• Numerous instances of sensationalism can be traced back over the decades.
  — Bars Juhasz, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
• The film is measured, thoughtful, and makes no moves toward sensationalism.
  — Richard Lawson, HWD, 5 Apr. 2018
• The firm making these claims has a history of sensationalism.
  — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 9 Aug. 2011
• But the sensationalism attached to her suicide keeps us from reading Last Words from Montmartre as a formidable work, well ahead of its time.
  — Ankita Chakraborty, Longreads, 8 June 2018
• This is a picture that could do with a little bit of scenery-chewing and a whole lot of sensationalism — anything that would make its middling mystery plot more exciting.
  — Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2023
• So before the voracious horde of media sensationalism decides to somehow turn it about me, there’s a clear need to speak about the circumstances: Black Lives Matter.
  — Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, 17 July 2020
• The rhetoric of the extreme ends of the argument demands attention, as sensationalism always does.
  — Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Feb. 2018
• Too little and one runs the risk of watering down the horrific nature of the killers' crimes; too much and one veers into titillating sensationalism.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 16 July 2024
• His work, the most popular exhibit in the site’s gallery, shows little concern for sensationalism.
  — Frédéric Madre, WIRED, 26 Mar. 1998
• Avid tabloid coverage of the tension has drawn criticism even from the Daily Mail, itself no stranger to royal-themed sensationalism.
  — Laura King, latimes.com, 17 May 2018
• Spreading innocuous footage of his private moment with a loved one compounds the inhumane nature of jail and the bizarre nature of his trial, but the sensationalism of the call also distracts from it.
  — Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 24 Feb. 2024
• But there are risks to empathy, not the least of which is the uneasy sensationalism of a shooter whose sole contribution is the destruction of other people’s futures.
  — Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2019
• He and Hinchey were intrigued by Knox’s story and hammered out a script, but the result — a straightforward thriller that left tabloid sensationalism behind and instead focused on the young woman’s father — left him cold.
  — Washington Post, 29 July 2021
• Television hits don’t exist in a vacuum, though, and Springer’s sensationalism bled across the TV landscape, in a manner that was hardly free of consequences.
  — Brian Lowry, CNN, 28 Apr. 2023
• The deaths have drawn widespread scrutiny, speculation and sensationalism and have been the subject of a Netflix docuseries.
  — Terry Collins, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2023
• The sensationalism is something that has just become commonplace.
  — Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2024
• Some proponents have sought to distance themselves from mockery or sensationalism through different branding.
  — Christine Ro, Longreads, 17 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 16 Nov 2024