How to Use perpetuate in a Sentence

perpetuate

verb

• He perpetuates the myth that his house is haunted.
• Fears about an epidemic are being perpetuated by the media.
• In short, fear of the public charge rule will perpetuate the spread of Covid-19 in cities and towns across the country.
  — Jose F. Figueroa, STAT, 21 Aug. 2020
• The dam can grow as it is fed by more liquid above it, and the problem perpetuates.
  — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Jan. 2024
• The media was, in a sense, used to perpetuate the fraud that's been alleged.
  — Sara Ashley O'Brien, CNN, 1 Oct. 2021
• The lies that she's helped perpetuate don't have a 9-to-5 schedule.
  — Mattie Kahn, Glamour, 26 June 2018
• But those who perpetuate these evils are betting that the rest of the world will avert their eyes, move on, and forget.
  — Jim Geraghty, National Review, 28 Dec. 2023
• First, lets look at some of the key reasons that perpetuate a cycle of hunger.
  — Cindy Gordon, Forbes, 7 June 2021
• Rather, the price of admission to the reform debate has been a pledge to perpetuate it.
  — Charles Lane, Twin Cities, 11 Sep. 2019
• And the move to Hockey East might have perpetuated that as well.
  — George Sipple, Detroit Free Press, 6 Apr. 2018
• So is there a way to kind of perpetuate it within a loose framework?
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2021
• The prize is to find young judges, in order to perpetuate their rule for as long as possible.
  — Fareed Zakaria, CNN, 1 Oct. 2022
• The slumps, which used to drive him crazy, which only perpetuated them, will come.
  — Kevin Acee, sandiegouniontribune.com, 5 July 2018
• Go ahead and keep starting Jakob Poeltl every now and then to help perpetuate the ruse.
  — Mike Finger, ExpressNews.com, 19 Oct. 2019
• If this can't happen, the least a straight actor can do is try not to perpetuate tired stereotypes.
  — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 10 Dec. 2020
• The man leading that effort in perpetuating, and the most, of course, is DonaldTrump.
  — ABC News, 8 Oct. 2023
• At this point, Bitcoin seems to be caught up in the self-perpetuating hype cycle of a bubble.
  — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 7 Dec. 2017
• Is there a danger of perpetuating a stereotype by adding a book title like this to the world?
  — Nicholas Frankovich, National Review, 5 Nov. 2019
• That’s not progress; that’s just perpetuating the same cycle that keeps women down in the first place.
  — Michelle Ruiz, Vogue, 14 Mar. 2018
• And so the great rock 'n' roll cycle perpetuates itself.
  — Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 19 June 2019
• But Wednesday’s Game 7 can wash all that away – or perpetuate the pain.
  — Erik Brady, USA TODAY, 23 May 2018
• Wait a minute, the journalists go on Twitter and perpetuate myths?
  — Tracy Brown, latimes.com, 14 Sep. 2017
• Then the caterpillars drop to the ground, pupate and emerge as flies that lay eggs, perpetuating the cycle.
  — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 13 July 2018
• The shame is that some in the political arena perpetuate the idea that all white people are racist.
  — WSJ, 27 Aug. 2021
• The system itself is slow to adapt and too good at perpetuating the status quo.
  — Gov. Butch Otter, idahostatesman, 8 Jan. 2018
• The post prompted brands to pause ads on X, which has been criticized as a place where hate is allowed and perpetuated.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 27 Nov. 2023
• Sure, our fear of ghosts has been perpetuated by horror movie tropes.
  — Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 19 June 2018
• There’s a theory about dogs and our concept of time that humans like to perpetuate.
  — Tony Nitti, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2022
• But there’s a large element of self-perpetuating myth in it.
  — Robert Graboyes, National Review, 13 Feb. 2018
• The necessary effect of it will be to perpetuate slavery in Maryland for 10 years longer.
  — Anna Deavere Smith, The Atlantic, 13 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 9 May 2024