How to Use sinecure in a Sentence

sinecure

noun

• He was given a sinecure in Rome where nuns waited on him hand and foot.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 21 June 2021
• And if saving the world means that poor Maggie Hassan has to go back to being a lawyer or while away her days in some Kennedy School sinecure, isn’t that a small price to pay?
  — Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 9 Feb. 2022
• The top brass, in particular, benefit from sinecures in and payouts from this empire.
  — The Economist, 9 Sep. 2017
• Burke seemed to like dressing up in medieval regalia, and the ceremonial sinecure should have been no more than a Gothic folly.
  — James Carroll, The New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2017
• But, while the title was supposed to be a sinecure, instead Smith went from running for the nation’s highest office to running around trying to rent the highest offices.
  — Time, 30 Apr. 2021
• Aim for a plurality, but do so with what amounts to a running mate who is then rewarded with a sinecure in the new administration.
  — Chris Stirewalt, Fox News, 13 June 2018
• His are not exactly the steadiest of hands, but foreign businesses have sought him out for lucrative sinecures.
  — Nr Editors, National Review, 24 Oct. 2019
• With long-term, tenure-track hiring in steep decline across academic fields, these conditions can no longer be justified as an unpleasant apprenticeship leading to a cushy tenured sinecure in the ivory tower.
  — Walter Johnson, The New York Review of Books, 27 Jan. 2020

Last Updated: 4 Aug 2024