How to Use glass ceiling in a Sentence

glass ceiling

noun

• For a long time, science has had a glass ceiling against women.
  — Emily Atkin, New Republic, 25 Jan. 2018
• This seems to go well beyond breaking the glass ceiling, important as that is.
  — Michael Smolens, sandiegouniontribune.com, 22 Dec. 2017
• But every glass ceiling is held up by beams, columns, structures and supports.
  — Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2018
• And this is why breaking the gla-- one of the reasons why breaking the glass ceiling is so important.
  — CBS News, 17 Jan. 2018
• Congratulations to her and all the Black women who continue to break glass ceilings!
  — Essence.com, 31 Oct. 2017
• Meanwhile, while white women continue making strides in breaking the glass ceiling, black women have been left on the ground, buried in the shattered glass.
  — Dahleen Glanton, chicagotribune.com, 13 Dec. 2017
• Lee’s passionate not only about being her own customer, but also of being part of a movement that shatters retail’s glass ceiling.
  — Priya Rao, Glamour, 21 Dec. 2017
• Blanco broke the proverbial glass ceiling for women more than once in Louisiana politics.
  — Julia O'Donoghue, NOLA.com, 10 Dec. 2017
• Instead, Kevin spends his time rollerskating in a dinosaur costume and making problematic jokes about the glass ceiling.
  — Matt Miller, Esquire, 16 Oct. 2017
• If women in the workplace aren't afraid to speak out and draw boundaries, there will be less to stop them from fully engaging and ultimately destroying the glass ceiling.
  — Monika A. Tashman, Billboard, 9 Jan. 2018
• But Yellen, who has earned widespread praise for her stewardship of the Fed, will be remembered for much more than breaking a glass ceiling at the world’s leading central bank.
  — Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2017
• Every square inch of this pad was mindfully designed, from the Anigre maple flooring to the glass ceiling (ironic symbolism, anyone?).
  — Sara Tardiff, ELLE Decor, 1 Nov. 2017
• If the glass ceiling didn't quite break in the 1970s, Beatts threw some big rocks.
  — Hillel Italie, ajc, 10 Apr. 2021
• There's no more talk, as there was in 2016, of glass ceilings and all this stuff.
  — NBC News, 18 Aug. 2019
• Know your worth, fight for seat at the table, break the glass ceiling.
  — Meaghan Hanley, refinery29.com, 24 May 2018
• But in 1993, Yo-Yo seemed to be on the cusp of shattering the glass ceiling.
  — Liz Sanchez, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2024
• If Aso backs her, Kamikawa could break through the highest of Japan’s glass ceilings.
  — Ian Bremmer, TIME, 23 May 2024
• Two of these women are no strangers to breaking the glass ceiling.
  — Lauren M. Johnson, CNN, 27 Sep. 2020
• LaPolt said with a shrug, noting the glass ceiling would not apply to her.
  — Leila Cobo, Billboard, 6 June 2019
• Things took off from there, and Earhart soon was breaking the highest of glass ceilings.
  — Erin Davis and Brandon Griggs, CNN, 24 July 2019
• Thanks for teaching me about the glass ceiling—and then showing me how to swing a hammer.
  — Kelly O'Sullivan, Country Living, 25 Mar. 2023
• The broken rung is a relatively new term, while the glass ceiling dates back to the 1970s.
  — Katy McFee, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
• Women have come a long way in the corporate world, but the glass ceiling must be made out of Pyrex.
  — Shirley Leung, BostonGlobe.com, 17 May 2018
• In the day when there were not many cracks in that glass ceiling, Marjorie put a big dent in it — not just in Maryland but across the U.S.
  — Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com, 4 Feb. 2022
• In order to break the glass ceiling, women need to push through their self-doubt in order to rise.
  — Somdutta Singh, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2021
• In the rear the sunroom has its original all-glass ceiling and walls that look into the back yard.
  — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 31 Mar. 2018
• But there is no more glass ceiling for anyone to break through in Seattle.
  — Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 19 Aug. 2020
• Not to steal the glass ceiling metaphor, but to push through boundaries that have been in place for a really long time.
  — Dan Shinaberry, Teen Vogue, 2 June 2018
• So, women who are running high growth entrepreneurial ventures or holding very senior corporate positions that defied the stereotypes of the glass ceiling roles in which women get stuck.
  — Harvard Business Review, 23 July 2024
• This upward trajectory is a testament to the relentless efforts of women who have broken through the glass ceiling, as well as to the companies that have prioritized gender diversity in their leadership ranks.
  — Kweilin Ellingrud, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 28 Oct 2024