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
  • All that changed was the sociology — the view that outdoor mask-wearing was stupid had penetrated respectable opinion.
    Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 19 May 2021
  • 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
  • Originally from the Washington, D.C, area, Sarah received her bachelor of arts in sociology...
    Sarah Lyon, Architectural Digest, 16 Aug. 2024

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