How to Use patriarchy in a Sentence

patriarchy

noun

• For 20 years, the country was ruled as a patriarchy.
• That and the fact that the patriarchy is still alive and well.
  — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 25 May 2022
• So by all means, drive a stake through the heart of the patriarchy.
  — Don Aucoin, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Oct. 2022
• The pressure to change the law and address the patriarchy is from the grass roots.
  — Ramin Mostaghim, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2019
• This is not a blow to the patriarchy; this is Sesame Street.
  — Molly Fischer, The Cut, 10 Jan. 2018
• Miles takes on not just the patriarchy but the phallusy as well.
  — Washington Post, 5 Mar. 2021
• O’Leary: There’s a lot of language in here about the patriarchy.
  — Lizzie O'Leary, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2019
• Ever thought about what the world would be like if the patriarchy wasn't a thing?
  — Ineye Komonibo, Marie Claire, 18 Sep. 2019
• Tell them the contours of patriarchy closed in, but haven’t crushed me.
  — Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
• The burning smell wasn’t the smoldering sea eel but the demise of the sushi patriarchy.
  — Adam Erace, Travel + Leisure, 14 Oct. 2023
• Broadway artists love to complain about the grip of the patriarchy.
  — Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 12 June 2019
• That’s just a sign, though, that the patriarchy is as fragile as their egos.
  — Will Dukes, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2021
• And there are moments that speak to the idea that the white male patriarchy is in decline.
  — Jen Chaney, Vulture, 3 May 2024
• Of course, DeGeare adds, the patriarchy is also at play.
  — Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, 28 June 2021
• The essence of queerness is a big challenge to patriarchy.
  — Shahamat Uddin, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2023
• Martha Mitchell wasn't good, not in the way the patriarchy demanded in 1972 and beyond.
  — Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 24 Apr. 2022
• Kat Irlin Turn the patriarchy on its head with a high-slit skirt suit.
  — Kat Irlin, Marie Claire, 9 Nov. 2021
• The patriarchy can try to control us, but some of us cannot be controlled.
  — Kate Moore, Time, 22 June 2021
• Why, a painting of her dog toppling the patriarchy, of course!
  — Zoe Weiner, Glamour, 3 Oct. 2018
• There is a way in which this is all about grooming for patriarchy.
  — Emma Sarran Webster, Teen Vogue, 30 Nov. 2018
• These teens are not about the patriarchy or post-colonial ...
  — Kaely Monahan, The Arizona Republic, 28 June 2023
• This is how the rules of the patriarchy propagate themselves.
  — Brian Gresko, Longreads, 12 June 2018
• So Martha and Maria found more subtle ways to push against patriarchy.
  — Charisse Jones, USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2018
• The show’s first season gives one answer: the patriarchy.
  — Jennifer Schuessler, New York Times, 30 Oct. 2019
• Hold on to your wallets, patriarchy; the Hustlers are coming for your cash in one of the wildest movie trailers of the year.
  — Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 17 July 2019
• Of course, Sharon and his design team are not buying this kind of patriarchy.
  — Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2019
• Death to the greedy patriarchy that has been doing this to women for centuries.
  — Chloe Melas, CNN, 13 July 2021
• In hindsight, 2003 was an omen of the toxic mix of jingoism and patriarchy that was to come.
  — Lyz Lenz, Rolling Stone, 16 Feb. 2024
• Sofia is treated more in that Cruella/Maleficent vein as women whose dark path is set in motion by the assumptions and restrictions of the patriarchy.
  — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Sep. 2024
• Le Sueur omitted the women who stayed throughout the crucifixion’s horror, in favor of featuring Adam’s skull, symbol of Catholic patriarchy.
  — Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2024

Last Updated: 31 Oct 2024