How to Use sociopath in a Sentence

sociopath

noun

• Worse, not a single sociopath banker went to jail or even lost a bonus on his watch.
  — D. Roger Pederson, Star Tribune, 18 July 2021
• But the old friends soon run into a coke-snorting pair of rich sociopaths who do.
  — Lincoln Michel, GQ, 19 May 2018
• And that’s what Keith Raniere is, a psychopath or a sociopath.
  — Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2021
• This is not just a handful of sociopaths living out a 4chan meme.
  — Henry Grabar, Slate Magazine, 14 Aug. 2017
• Over the last two months, the podcast has seemed less like distinct episodes than chapters in the story of a sociopath.
  — Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2018
• Even though Dan did turn out to be a sociopath in running a gossip site about all his friends, Joe is the more complex role.
  — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 30 Aug. 2021
• Camille is texting Emily to ask if she’s seen Gabriel, and Emily, a sociopath, is just like, Nope!
  — Jessica Goldstein, Vulture, 22 Dec. 2021
• For only one sociopath to hold a seat in Congress is notable.
  — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 6 Apr. 2022
• Woods has been called the ringleader and a sociopath by his old nemesis, the sheriff of Madera County where the school bus was hijacked.
  — George Osterkamp, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2019
• She was flattened onto the pavement into obscurity by the sociopath in the nice dress, the press, and the law.
  — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2023
• That is what the sociopath experience is almost all the time.
  — David Marchese Photo Illustration By Bráulio Amado, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2024
• During the trial, my husband’s lawyer called her a sociopath.
  — New York Times, 29 Oct. 2019
• Other plots include Bex and Rufus (snooze) and hints that Jenny may very well be a sociopath.
  — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 19 Sep. 2018
• Stephen Dorff, who is such a good actor, plays Ketchum as a stone sociopath with a broad condescending grin.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 7 Sep. 2021
• What kind of person is willing to run away with a sociopath forever?
  — Jessica Goldstein, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2021
• Early settlers could well turn out to be sociopaths or outlaws.
  — The Economist, 22 Feb. 2018
• Reese Witherspoon is a fellow southern blonde who plays a great type-A sociopath, if a little young for this role.
  — Emma Dibdin, Esquire, 19 Jan. 2018
• But the reckless talk of our sociopath-in-chief can’t be so easily dismissed anymore.
  — Ed Burmila, The New Republic, 13 June 2019
• Viktoria, people who don't care for you have called you a sociopath, a psychopath … a devil.
  — Peter Van Sant july 7, CBS News, 7 July 2018
• There are and have been sociopaths and pedophiles in all cultures, in all communities.
  — Author: Chantelle Pence, Alaska Dispatch News, 30 July 2017
• Is Strangis really a ‘sociopath’ who abused Melngailis and stole from her restaurant?
  — Paul Schrodt, Men's Health, 17 Mar. 2022
• Enter the player, who — in classic RPG style — can become a hero, villain, or sociopath.
  — Time, 11 June 2019
• Many years after playing this role in the film, Trintignant lost his real-life daughter, Marie, at the hands of a violent sociopath.
  — Michael Washburn, National Review, 26 Sep. 2020
• Young-Do, who serves as a consultant for the police, is working on a profile of the killer and the sociopath who wants to date his upstairs neighbor might fit that profile.
  — Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 6 July 2021
• Stir in a spookily resilient murderous sociopath, and things get, as the phrase goes, action-packed.
  — Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2023
• The dark comedy asks the question: What if superheroes were sociopaths?
  — Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 16 May 2024
• And nobody but a sociopath could possibly be against a plan to bring Lincoln Center’s music out onto the plaza.
  — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 16 Apr. 2021
• In a letter to Brown, Edens described him as a sociopath and manipulative child rapist.
  — oregonlive, 1 Nov. 2022
• Chris Hondros | Getty Images He was disturbed by press reports that called him a sociopath.
  — Annie Nova, CNBC, 28 July 2024
• There, some of the state’s most brutal sociopaths and serial killers have lived out their days in what is effectively solitary confinement.
  — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 29 July 2024

Last Updated: 9 Dec 2024