How to Use sociology in a Sentence

sociology

noun

• His partner, Lizeth Sanchez, was going to go back to school and study sociology.
  — Karen Kaplan Science and Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2021
• In sociology, this is called the Principle of Least Interest: The one who cares the least always has the most power.
  — Madeline Ashby, WIRED, 17 July 2023
• The general sociology of friendship still applies to the alien world that is the office.
  — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 14 May 2022
• But a lot has changed in the last 12 months, said Steve Georgakis, an expert in the history and sociology of sport at the University of Sydney.
  — Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2022
• For 20-year-old sociology major Yvonne Welsh, the upcoming election was at the heart of her reason for marching.
  — Ivy Scott, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Oct. 2022
• Griffin, who is taking a fifth year to play with the Terps in 2022, is expected to pursue a second degree in sociology.
  — Pat Stoetzer, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 3 June 2021
• Marquelle Ogletree, a Black junior sociology major, was among the students who showed up to hear Sasse.
  — Nina Burleigh, The New Republic, 10 Jan. 2023
• The deaths in Chicago, by contrast, become events of sociology.
  — Lance Morrow, WSJ, 25 May 2022
• The removal of sociology as a core course option was first proposed in November.
  — Hannah Natanson, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2024
• The result is a kind of firsthand sociology, in which moviegoing is treated as an experience, of which the movie itself is only a part.
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2023
• This seems important to stress, since beauty, along with sociology, is what Hooper gives us in lieu of direct answers.
  — Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2024
• But even here, Thompson goes a couple of cuts deeper to explore the sociology of the moon landing in terms of race, money and American priorities at the time.
  — Tyler Aquilina, EW.com, 18 Sep. 2021
• And, like many college freshmen, he got lost looking for one of his classes, a 300-student sociology lecture.
  — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 31 Aug. 2022
• She was offered places at York and Warwick, to do sociology and psychology, but decided to look for a job at home instead.
  — Tessa Hadley, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2022
• At the time, Kwame was studying sociology with a concentration in media and art at Morehouse College in Atlanta.
  — Nicole Briese, Peoplemag, 5 Feb. 2024
• Collins returned to Brandeis for her Ph.D. in sociology.
  — Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 23 Oct. 2023
• Corey Wrenn, a lecturer in sociology at the University of Kent, said that may be a better strategy.
  — Jenna Ryu, USA TODAY, 3 Dec. 2021
• Lira, a psychology and sociology major at the University of Texas at Austin, would have to skip one class on Friday.
  — Washington Post, 11 Nov. 2021
• Cohen, a sociology professor from the University of Maryland, quoted in a cleveland.com story about how the birth rate in Ohio may show some signs of rebounding after a down year in 2020.
  — cleveland, 3 Aug. 2021
• This is the subject of recent work by Laura Savolainen, a doctoral student in sociology at the University of Helsinki.
  — Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 17 Jan. 2023
• Tines, who has a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Harvard and has worked in arts administration, has his own ideas about how to present himself in public.
  — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 15 Nov. 2021
• Hosted by Phoebe Judge, the show takes a deep dive into a broad range of criminal behavior, including the psychology and sociology behind the crime.
  — Chaise Sanders, Country Living, 16 Aug. 2022
• During his time as an undergraduate, Preston, who majored in sociology, was a member of the lacrosse and football teams.
  — baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 1 Dec. 2021
• Alex Piquero, a sociology professor at the University of Miami and co-author of the preprint study, said risk for Covid-19 spread was highest at games with the most number of people.
  — Kevin Dotson, CNN, 28 Aug. 2021
• Keeley White, who lives in the Chicago area, graduated a year ago with sociology and graphic design degrees and a 4.0 grade point average.
  — Paul Davidson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 June 2021
• The son of two sociology professors, Tsushima grew unnerved by Willis Law’s untrammeled prowess in court.
  — Mya Frazier, Harper's Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024
• Mokhov, a competitive powerlifter, earned a doctorate in sociology and for three years ran the country’s first, and so far only, journal of death studies.
  — Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 19 July 2021
• Sarno studies the sociology of religion and has followed Camping and Family Radio for a decade.
  — Matthias Gafni, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 May 2021
• Hannah went to the University of Georgia and graduated in 2008 with a B.A. in sociology.
  — Hannah Baker, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Dec. 2022
• Originally from the Washington, D.C, area, Sarah received her bachelor of arts in sociology...
  — Sarah Lyon, Architectural Digest, 16 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 1 Nov 2024