How to Use masochism in a Sentence

masochism

noun

• Or masochism: the harder the cause, the nobler the pain.
  — Corey Robin, The New Yorker, 12 Nov. 2020
• In the lives of her heroines, the mourning sometimes took the form of masochism.
  — Caleb Crain, The Atlantic, 10 Aug. 2021
• Medved laughed, fessing up to a bit of hoops masochism.
  — Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 6 Nov. 2019
• In normal times jetting off to Dubai in July is an act of masochism.
  — The Economist, 1 Aug. 2020
• The acronym BDSM stands for bondage, dominance, sadism and masochism.
  — Michael Tarm, The Seattle Times, 2 July 2017
• Themes of masochism are everywhere in his books, as is a foot-fetishism grounded in self-abasement.
  — Brad Leithauser, WSJ, 7 Jan. 2022
• The rollicking, anthemic cries that carry the rest of the song could be mistaken for masochism.
  — Natalie Morin, refinery29.com, 24 Feb. 2020
• This ended his string of 136 consecutive starts for the Lions, which is the NFL’s career record for masochism.
  — Kevin Cusick, Twin Cities, 13 Nov. 2019
• To expect Greece to commit to such fiscal masochism for four decades is not sensible.
  — The Economist, 3 Oct. 2019
• There was no masochism in my returning to that production.
  — Ben Brantley, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2020
• Your willingness to watch tape until your eyes were bloodshot verged on masochism.
  — Jonathan Tannenwald, Philly.com, 10 July 2017
• Restaurants have long been about the grind, or what Fowler now thinks of as masochism: long hours of hard, physical work with little room for complaint.
  — Josh Noel, chicagotribune.com, 20 Jan. 2022
• Getty Images Throwing parties is a low-key act of masochism.
  — Matthew Sedacca, GQ, 15 Aug. 2017
• The twisted human forms of the art of Egon Schiele are conjured in haunting ballets of what might be called defensive masochism.
  — Ben Brantley, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2017
• Mr Abe, a nationalist, has never had truck with war-guilt masochism.
  — The Economist, 21 Nov. 2019
• What makes the movie watchable as more than an exercise in masochism is that Isabelle is also a battler.
  — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 May 2018
• To misquote a certain grand marquis, masochism has its rewards.
  — Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 1 July 2020
• Listening to your girlfriend cry through the wall is a form of emotional masochism that will not aid in your recovery!
  — Anna Pulley, RedEye Chicago, 23 Oct. 2017
• But the show too often feels like an exercise in liberal masochism.
  — Judy Berman, Time, 22 June 2019
• Fortunately, this was pre-Internet, so my masochism was kept sort of in check.
  — Kristy Puchko, vanityfair.com, 3 Aug. 2017
• Remember that the point of setting difficult goals isn’t masochism.
  — Mark Murphy, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2021
• There's a happy medium between benign neglect and masochism, and that medium is the cocktail list.
  — David Wondrich, Esquire, 30 Dec. 2008
• Laaksonen included scenes of kink and bondage, dominance, sadism and masochism in his work.
  — R. Daniel Foster, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2019
• What form mortification should take, though, wasn’t clear, and the attempt to free the self of all its needs except the need for God can today look like masochism or mayhem.
  — Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2023
• Indeed, female masochism is a gift that keeps giving in Dederer’s hands.
  — Laura Kipnis, The Atlantic, 16 May 2017
• This was an assignment for a lawyer driven by a bold mission and a small measure of masochism, not one in pursuit of glamour or safety.
  — Jackson Holahan, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 June 2018
• To anyone who’s lost precious hours of their own days to doomscrolling, this might sound like an exercise in digital masochism.
  — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 June 2022
• The term stands for variations of bondage, dominance, submission and masochism.
  — David Crary, Fox News, 8 May 2018
• Mugler's fashion wasn’t tinged with the masochism or contempt for weakness that lurked behind the work of his contemporary, the late Claude Montana.
  — Harry Tafoya, Town & Country, 29 Nov. 2022
• And to be fair, there’s mild masochism involved in our enjoyment of any carbonated drinks: Those bubbles trigger the same pain receptors as spicy foods.
  — M. Carrie Allan, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2022

Last Updated: 14 Aug 2024