How to Use survivalist in a Sentence

survivalist

noun
  • Her parents were survivalists and the family felt the end of the world was nigh.
    Sara Clarkson, chicagotribune.com, 20 June 2019
  • For the first time ever on Naked and Afraid, two survivalists will be stranded on a raft in the middle of the ocean.
    Steve Helling, PEOPLE.com, 14 July 2017
  • My daughter, a tooth brush, and survivalist Bear Grylls who was in that show called Man vs. Wild.
    Tess Kornfeld, Glamour, 6 Dec. 2018
  • Perhaps a survivalist who has been off the grid since the collapse of Lehman Brothers.
    Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 22 Nov. 2019
  • The world of Death Stranding is like a depressed survivalist’s fever dream.
    Adrian Chen, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2020
  • The survivalist is willing to damn the rest of the world to protect the man who stumbled into his hideout.
    Eliana Dockterman, Time, 13 Jan. 2023
  • As of now, there’s no word if that will be as a survivalist, or as an infected.
    Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 2 Feb. 2024
  • While living in the Philippines, Modesto joined a survivalist cult.
    Leah Silverman, Town & Country, 14 Mar. 2018
  • During tonight’s episode in the fight to be crowned Naked and Afraid’s best, 12 elite survivalists are pared down to just six competitors.
    Josie Howell | Jhowell@al.com, al, 2 July 2023
  • At the end of the episode, one survivalist is eliminated.
    Josie Howell | Jhowell@al.com, al, 9 July 2023
  • And, in an upcoming episode, one survivalist deals with just that.
    Steve Helling, PEOPLE.com, 1 Apr. 2018
  • Bill, the survivalist, doesn't want or need anything more than the minimum.
    Men's Health, 30 Jan. 2023
  • At the center of the vast compound, called Koolau Ranch, will be two mansions sitting atop a survivalist bunker.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 18 Dec. 2023
  • The husky sea cucumbers were tempting, but the young survivalists had no idea how to turn them into food.
    Susan Shain, The Atlantic, 5 June 2019
  • The 33-year-old survivalist from Colorado has accomplished a lot on the long-running show.
    Steve Helling, PEOPLE.com, 17 June 2018
  • That gave the original a survivalist feel that the new game mostly rejects.
    Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 11 July 2019
  • Brands are no doubt also aware that such coolers’ survivalist bona fides are a big part of their appeal.
    Sal Vaglica, WSJ, 9 Aug. 2022
  • Camp Ragnarok Theatre Unleashed presents this comedic soap opera, set at a camp for survivalists, with a new episode each week.
    Matt Cooper, latimes.com, 30 July 2017
  • The new series focuses on nine survivalists who are left on an island with no tools and no map.
    Kaylee Remington, cleveland, 6 Aug. 2023
  • Something that wasn’t lost on this survivalist was humor: Mykel helped me pull a little prank on the women with the pee-drinking thing.
    Arie Luyendyk Jr., PEOPLE.com, 23 Jan. 2018
  • The survivalists will have to find a way to prevail with wreckage and debris scattered throughout the island.
    Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 7 July 2023
  • And why is that crank survivalist allowing a crew of thuggish loggers to clear a path of his prime forestland?
    Tom Nolan, WSJ, 16 July 2021
  • Stewart isn’t alone in trying to survive, as the cast is made up of other badass survivalists (and some... not so badass) down below.
    Rachel Paige, refinery29.com, 9 Jan. 2020
  • Pride and the team are on the hunt for a kidnapped 14-year-old and discover that her father is a radical survivalist living off the grid.
    Washington Post, 20 Feb. 2021
  • Ramey, who has been prepping for decades, says that people in the market for survivalist gear have far more options now than even in the recent past.
    Kate Knibbs, Wired, 12 Mar. 2020
  • Ms Westover was the youngest of seven children raised by Mormon survivalists in a town of 234 people.
    The Economist, 15 Feb. 2018
  • There is some survivalist stuff in there too, but also, there are cell phone carriers.
    The New Republic, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The Never Game, which is about a reward-seeking survivalist.
    Dan Snierson, EW.com, 2 June 2022
  • Naked and Afraid is both one of the crudest and most fascinating survivalist shows streaming at the moment.
    Sophie Van Bastelaer, EW.com, 6 July 2022
  • On a survivalist group date that is a new high, or low, or possibly both for the Bachelor franchise, Arie drinks his pee.
    Molly Fitzpatrick, Bon Appetit, 6 Mar. 2018

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