How to Use signifier in a Sentence

signifier

noun

• In the modern world of suiting, all the old signifiers of wealth and taste get turned on their heads.
  — Lauren Larson, GQ, 4 Apr. 2018
• The warm-up act for the Golden Globes gave some signifiers of what to expect on the fashion front.
  — Alice Newbold, Vogue, 5 Jan. 2024
• In an era when no one had to wait, choosing to do so was a signifier.
  — Sadie Stein, Town & Country, 17 Feb. 2021
• The flavour is the main signifier of the changing seasons, even more so than the browning leaves falling from the trees.
  — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 24 Oct. 2022
• The blue check is now a shibboleth of who’s in the Cult of Musk, nary a signifier of who has online clout.
  — Scott Nover, Quartz, 21 Apr. 2023
• Even the title is a wink, and a suitable replacement could be Signifiers: The Movie.
  — Jordan Hoffman, VanityFair.com, 28 May 2017
• Any masks or signifiers, like jewelry or clothes, should be left at the door.
  — Frankie Adkins, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 July 2023
• King’s gift as a choreographer is to hear the essence of the sound and feel the soul of the signifier behind the meaning of the signified.
  — Andrew Gilbert, The Mercury News, 2 May 2017
• The flavor is the main signifier of the changing seasons, even more so than the browning leaves falling from the trees.
  — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 18 Oct. 2022
• Yet rock as a cluster of signifiers retains its power around the world.
  — Dan Brooks, New York Times, 12 Sep. 2023
• The derms are both quick to remind that our skin can be a signifier of our internal health.
  — Lindy Segal, Harper's BAZAAR, 10 July 2023
• It is mounted on a wall and well-lit across from a row of suits — a comment on power and how our signifiers of it have changed in fashion over the years.
  — Emilia Petrarca, The Cut, 29 Sep. 2017
• It has been used to dehumanize and now it's sold as a signifier of cool.
  — Stereo Williams, Billboard, 24 May 2018
• So all of the blank-bellied Sneetches line up to give McBean their money and emerge from the machine with the status signifier.
  — Kyle Smith, National Review, 17 Sep. 2020
• The cross-cultural signifiers don’t end with the casting.
  — Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 21 Feb. 2024
• This is a novel of manners, where the signifiers of class and aesthetics take on enormous weight.
  — Constance Grady, Vox, 20 July 2024
• The smile, as a signifier of maniacal fear, goes back a long way.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 27 Sep. 2022
• These can be a decent signifier of how much warmth the boot will provide, but these are not standardized and vary from brand to brand.
  — Meg Carney, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2024
• The label is not used as a signifier at all, but as a tool of arbitrary power.
  — Mario Loyola, National Review, 29 July 2021
• The cries were a universal signifier, one that hit home for mothers across the racial spectrum.
  — Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2021
• Ahead of the election, voter turnout was considered to be the main signifier of Putin’s hold on Russia.
  — Emily Stewart, Vox, 18 Mar. 2018
• The shirt is a preppy staple, a streetwear signifier, and (sometimes) even a school uniform.
  — Sarah Adams, Town & Country, 18 May 2021
• What was more important to the Abercrombie essence is that by the late ’90s, the preppy-as-icon had become a signifier of the one percent.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 17 Apr. 2022
• Everyone loves Swift, so the old signifiers of fandom just don’t cut it anymore.
  — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2023
• Most called this past week's election outcomes a signifier of things to come during midterms.
  — Averi Harper, ABC News, 7 Nov. 2021
• These images of destruction are also signifiers of a new start on the horizon.
  — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 22 Mar. 2019
• Without signifiers to detect a guy's Kinsey Scale rank, we're left to our own devices.
  — Chris Azzopardi, GQ, 14 May 2018
• The couple had an apartment on the Upper West Side and other signifiers of the good life, but around 2000, the two divorced amicably.
  — Margaret Wappler, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2019
• This distinction is a signifier of his unique design prowess in addition to how his pieces have captivated a loyal and bustling following.
  — Essence, 5 Sep. 2024
• He’s been stretched so much that his name is now a floating signifier that conveys just enough information to suggest something vaguely meaningful but not enough information to truly clarify anything.
  — Sean Illing, Vox, 11 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 4 Nov 2024