How to Use sociopolitical in a Sentence

sociopolitical

adjective
  • In the two decades since, the sociopolitical meaning of red pill vs. blue pill has evolved quite a bit.
    Angela Watercutter, Wired, 9 Sep. 2021
  • West seemed to feel the tug of the Warriors' sociopolitical bent.
    Jack McCallum, SI.com, 12 Oct. 2017
  • So much has changed, and yet, the sociopolitical dramas of high school have not.
    Aj Willingham, CNN, 26 Aug. 2020
  • But lately the chant has made its way to groups on the other side of the sociopolitical spectrum.
    Aj Willingham, CNN, 19 Sep. 2017
  • The show sort of transcends all of the sociopolitical stuff going on right now.
    Sarah Schussheim, Glamour, 26 June 2018
  • Many of the sociopolitical events that took place around the world were reflective of the financial world.
    NBC News, 27 Dec. 2019
  • Will the show engage with the sociopolitical reckonings of the past year?
    Joe Lynch, Billboard, 10 Dec. 2020
  • There was that lovely dose of silliness and goofiness in his work that also had a tinge of the sociopolitical.
    New York Times, 16 June 2021
  • So when he was spotted hooking up in a hot tub in 2020, it was seen as a flagrant breach of sociopolitical trust.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2023
  • The mystery plot has a sociopolitical dimension, as the murders turn out to be part of a pattern of hate crimes.
    Mike Hale, New York Times, 24 Oct. 2017
  • But plenty of others have made a mark in the world of sociopolitical miniature comedy and seen their stars rise in the Trump era.
    Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2020
  • Bono, whose words are the ones that have made U2 legends on the sociopolitical stage even more than the concert stage, has made no secret of his own philosophies.
    Chuck Yarborough, cleveland.com, 30 June 2017
  • Around the world, people are grappling with some of the most pressing sociopolitical issues of our time.
    Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 20 Feb. 2020
  • Few artists have made an impression on the sociopolitical landscape to the degree that the pseudonymous Banksy has.
    David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 July 2022
  • Suffice it to say that Gina and Dru may not see eye to eye on how to change the world, but their alienation and anxieties spring from the same sociopolitical source.
    Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2021
  • In the film, which won the Palme d’Or at Cannes in 2016, this sociopolitical portrait is made all the more damning by simple acts of kindness from characters with the least to give.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
  • The last time sports really mattered in any sociopolitical sense was the 1960s.
    Bruce Schoenfeld, Esquire, 25 Sep. 2017
  • Das offers a close reading of Roe’s journal and fleshes out the character of the man within the context of the sociopolitical forces that shaped him.
    Balaji Ravichandran, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Fact-checkers are human beings who live in the real world, rather than in a sociopolitical monastery.
    Stephen J. Ceci, Scientific American, 25 Oct. 2020
  • The faith community must be about the work of sociopolitical transformation in the here and now.
    Hamil R. Harris, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2017
  • As a former human rights lawyer, the 38-year-old artist fought for justice and had a keen focus on sociopolitical causes.
    D'shonda Brown, Essence, 28 Apr. 2021
  • The consequences of these tiny tussles range from the sociopolitical to the molecular.
    Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 13 Apr. 2021
  • This was a chance to weave those together and to capture the large sociopolitical ideas and experiences with that of the family.
    Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2022
  • Monday marked the 50th anniversary of the start of the Chilean military coup that forever changed the sociopolitical landscape of the country.
    Martina Ibáñez-Baldor, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2023
  • It's rooted in the sociopolitical dread of the past two years but not overtly political.
    Zach Schonfeld, Newsweek, 15 Feb. 2018
  • Politicos may fight about tax cuts or Russian spies in our closets, but with the midterm elections coming in 2018, the sociopolitical herding will be on the increase.
    John Kass, Alaska Dispatch News, 17 July 2017
  • The King takes a look at America's sociopolitical landscape through the lens of the career of one of the country's most emblematic stars: Elvis Presley.
    Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 May 2018
  • Why is self-care so important as a Black male in this sociopolitical climate and a multi-hyphenate in this space?
    D'shonda Brown, Essence, 15 Apr. 2021
  • While millions brace for the impact of an imminent Trump administration, another sociopolitical sea change looms on the horizon: the Biden administration’s TikTok ban, which could push the popular social media app to shut down in less than two weeks.
    Samantha Riedel, Them, 10 Jan. 2025
  • The president is facing charges of insurrection and abuse of power after his impeachment, following his declaration of martial law on December 3, which caused the country to enter into a sociopolitical crisis.
    Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025

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