How to Use entitlement in a Sentence

entitlement

noun

• And that, again, is what the show is all about: entitlement.
  — Town & Country, 27 Mar. 2023
• For their part, Erik and Lyle are a grotesque blend of entitlement and prey.
  — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 19 Sep. 2024
• Black high tops, had his own style and no sense of entitlement.
  — Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2022
• There is a sense of entitlement that has caused a lack of respect for adults, peers, and our country.
  — Renata Cló, The Arizona Republic, 14 Sep. 2022
• Neither party has the will to address the root cause of the debt: entitlement spending.
  — The Editors, National Review, 24 Oct. 2023
• That entitlement already took a hit due to the shortage in Lake Mead this year.
  — Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 4 Aug. 2022
• Scottsdale should never cater to the entitlement of few, at the expense of many.
  — Sam Kmack, The Arizona Republic, 9 July 2024
• Children of the wealthy have often been coddled and have a sense of entitlement.
  — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2023
• Keep in mind: a project would still need more approvals after this entitlement phase to get a full green light.
  — Cameron Sperance, BostonGlobe.com, 10 July 2022
• For a player just past his teens to show that entitlement at Real is unique.
  — Henry Flynn, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
• Haley has most openly stuck with the pre-Trump view of entitlements.
  — David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2023
• But the glamor of self-destruction was part of the texture of Max’s, and so was a certain do-what-you-please entitlement.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 24 July 2022
• An entitlement to make and uphold the rules, to make America great again.
  — NBC News, 10 Nov. 2021
• What about a sense of entitlement, which Smith mentioned?
  — Clarence E. Hill Jr., Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Mar. 2024
• For all the dash, swagger, and mien-oozing entitlement in The Blue Boy, the subject isn’t an aristocrat.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 17 Feb. 2022
• Even the royals are not granted that kind of entitlement.
  — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Feb. 2022
• The episode was a shocking display of male entitlement.
  — Kara Alaimo, CNN, 18 Jan. 2022
• The bill provides a new entitlement program for veterans who served in a combat zone in the past 32 years.
  — Kaiser Health News, oregonlive, 10 Aug. 2022
• Amazon’s spokesperson told Fortune that at least three of the 10 weeks staff on the 42-week contracts take off each year must come out of their PTO entitlement.
  — Chloe Taylor, Fortune, 30 May 2023
• There tends to be a sense of entitlement with lacrosse parents, who might spend thousands of dollars per year on equipment and fees for club teams.
  — Stephen Borelli, USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2024
• But the sense of self-importance and, yes, entitlement in his response dovetails with the film’s rollout.
  — Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2022
• According to one account, X paid out the share entitlements at a conversion rate 2.5 times the value of the shares.
  — Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 12 June 2024
• A lot of poor financial choices come from a sense of entitlement.
  — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 2 June 2023
• Reed was dressed head to toe in denim, with pearl-snap buttons on his shirt, frayed bell-bottoms, and a tumescent air of rock star entitlement.
  — Will Hermes, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2023
• There’s a whole new cast of characters this time (with a return from Jennifer Coolidge, thank the goddess), but the sense of entitlement is still very much the same on the pristine shores of Italy.
  — Emma Specter, Vogue, 31 Oct. 2022
• And as great as that is as a basic First Amendment right, it’s also given way to a big portion of entitlement.
  — Ben Court, Men's Health, 22 Dec. 2022
• The Fricks are arrogant, with an air of entitlement, though that term may not have existed then.
  — Oline H. Cogdill, sun-sentinel.com, 21 Feb. 2022
• Toll Brothers has started the entitlement process that will take about two years to complete for the Oceanside project, Foster said.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Feb. 2022
• Brooke’s journey is a poignant reminder that, for most people, entitlement is not an identity but a trap.
  — Tope Folarin, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2024
• For the celebrity, this kind of constant fan scrutiny and entitlement can prove too much to handle — at least not without an occasional outburst or show of resistance.
  — Aja Romano, Vox, 24 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 10 Nov 2024