How to Use a sign of the times in a Sentence

a sign of the times

noun phrase

• Lessons in Chemistry is a sign of the times — the 1950s, that is.
  — Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 14 Sep. 2023
• The detention of the two activists is a sign of the times.
  — Anna Gordon, TIME, 23 Oct. 2023
• In a sign of the times in college football, that won’t be the case in 2023.
  — Matt Stahl | [e-mail], al, 4 Aug. 2023
• One was the Bible, which hasn’t showed up in past surveys, but that may be a sign of the times.
  — Alan Murray, Fortune, 6 July 2023
• The Look: Embellished dusters, crazy jeans, wild hair: pretty much a sign of the times.
  — Alex Apatoff, Peoplemag, 26 Aug. 2023
• According to Bryson Taggart, an Opendoor agent based in Arizona, the decline is a sign of the times.
  — Kelsey Mulvey, Sunset Magazine, 27 Dec. 2023
• In a sign of the times, perhaps, all four of America’s largest carmakers passed on running Super Bowl ads this year—the first time that’s happened in 23 years.
  — Steve Mollman, Fortune, 19 Jan. 2024
• Dennis Hopper Take the actor's Cuban collar and cuffed short sleeves as a sign of the times – but if that's not enough, refer to the cat-eyed glasses to his left in this yearbook snapshot.
  — Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 9 Aug. 2023
• Consider it a sign of the times, as both of the new model's powertrains are sure to offer better fuel economy than the V-6.
  — Austin Irwin, Car and Driver, 18 Apr. 2023
• And in a sign of the times, the bill has been updated since last year to include protections against the use of artificial intelligence.
  — Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 9 Feb. 2024
• Mini's launching the fifth-generation Cooper hatchback for the 2025 model year and, as a sign of the times, is leading with the Cooper Electric.
  — Car and Driver, 1 Sep. 2023
• Also a sign of the times, Law donned a pair of white, full-length Gaultier gloves decorated in a black surrealist pattern.
  — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2023
• This fixation on male superiority was a sign of the times not just in academia but in society at large.
  — Cara Ocobock, Scientific American, 19 Oct. 2023
• Lewis — consciously or not, solely or not, maybe just as a sign of the times — succeeded in getting Oppenheimer canceled.
  — Vulture, 25 July 2023
• Is that a sign of the times and past attitudes toward domestic violence or is there a deeper reality at play?
  — Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2024
• In a sign of the times, Marley & The Wailers all record in one room simultaneously in the clip, as opposed to isolating vocals and instrumentals as is commonly done now.
  — Katie Atkinson, Billboard, 26 Jan. 2024
• Turbochargers are a sign of the times, attempting to prop up performance while adhering to new, stricter emissions regulations.
  — Aaron Kiley, Car and Driver, 1 May 2023
• Nevertheless, in a sign of the times, the nature of the jobs Biden is trying to bring back is often quite different than the jobs of the last century – such as his efforts to ramp up manufacturing of chips for AI and other high-tech applications.
  — Chris Isidore, CNN, 19 Aug. 2023
• Many say the closures are a sign of the times in a maturing industry with increasingly difficult business conditions within the state, and growing competition elsewhere.
  — Tonya Alanez, BostonGlobe.com, 1 June 2023

Last Updated: 1 Sep 2024