How to Use Orwellian in a Sentence

Orwellian

adjective

• This Orwellian language mirrors the terms of the Equality Act.
  — John Hagen, Star Tribune, 29 June 2021
• But many people consider the phrase to be an Orwellian oxymoron.
  — Robert Hackett, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2020
• The year may be 1984, but any hint of Orwellian gloom here is dissolved in a wave of merry capitalist brinkmanship.
  — Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2023
• Public perception of the CEO, who was perceived by some as Orwellian and driven by profits over ethics, fell to an all-time low.
  — Ryan Hogg, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2023
• Despite the technology’s potential for good, of course, there is a clear Orwellian thread in the idea of a future where bad actors can wiretap your brain.
  — Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 26 May 2023
• Right-wing pundits and politicians falsely portrayed her group as part of an Orwellian bid to control the speech and thought of ordinary Americans.
  — Steven Lee Myers, New York Times, 10 May 2023
• Warzel and Peterson are particularly good on the Orwellian language that chips away at good will.
  — Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com, 13 Jan. 2022
• Seen in that light, slapping a charge of espionage on a journalist is one of the more Orwellian tools in the authoritarian playbook.
  — Bill Kovarik, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2023
• Fox News aired allegations by right-wing commentators and politicians that the board was part of an Orwellian effort to control what Americans say and think.
  — Harold Maass, The Week, 11 May 2023
• Labeling natural gas as green energy is a little bit Orwellian.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 9 Jan. 2023
• The result is alarming to those who recognize a dangerously Orwellian attempt to whitewash recent history.
  — Lisa Mascaro, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Mar. 2023
• The new dictatorship’s Orwellian tactics forced musicians and young people into hiding.
  — Matthew Dursum, SPIN, 20 Nov. 2023
• Amazon’s warehouses, already known for their dangerous conditions, low pay, and Orwellian surveillance, have now become vectors of disease; dozens of workers have fallen ill with the coronavirus.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 10 June 2020
• This Orwellian mistrust is what authoritarian governments love.
  — Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2023
• Maybe understanding the economy’s mixed signals doesn’t require Fitzgeraldian intelligence or Orwellian indoctrination.
  — Andy Kessler, WSJ, 11 Sep. 2022

Last Updated: 18 Nov 2024