How to Use entitlement in a Sentence

entitlement

noun

• The first problem is that this is a new suburban entitlement, not aid to the needy.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 9 May 2021
• His sense of entitlement after not just killing a child but lying to become a police officer should not be rewarded.
  — NBC News, 26 May 2021
• The 49ers won with a style and flair that stunned the football world and infused the team’s downtrodden fan base with joy and pride — and maybe a touch of entitlement.
  — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Apr. 2021
• His politics were often described as part of a culture war, but his attacks were as much about economics and entitlement as about culture.
  — Nicole Hemmer, CNN, 27 May 2021
• Absent changes to entitlements, spending will continue to grow due to an aging population and rising healthcare costs.
  — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 28 Nov. 2024
• However, the entitlement for multitasking camera access does not have a public process.
  — David Phelan, Forbes, 8 May 2021
• Stopping inflation now will mean a sharp reduction and reform of entitlement spending programs, a far-reaching pro-growth tax reform, and no more bailouts and stimulus checks.
  — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 1 May 2021
• Therefore your wife will need to file a separate application for her retirement benefits in order to establish entitlement to them.
  — Laurence Kotlikoff, Forbes, 23 May 2021
• 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
• The sense of entitlement that comes with the tour circus can block the rationale of what is acceptable.
  — Tim Ellis, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
• 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
• Baird said there will be up to a year of the planning and entitlement process before construction can start.
  — Steve Brown, Dallas News, 3 Sep. 2021
• 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
• Bush launched a quixotic attempt to privatize America's most popular entitlement program.
  — Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
• Experts say Musk’s goal is impossible; too much of the budget lies in either national security or entitlement programs dear to Trump supporters.
  — Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 2 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 28 Dec 2024