How to Use status symbol in a Sentence

status symbol

noun

• This kind of weave hit the scene in the '70s, and now it’s become something of a status symbol.
  — Kristine Solomon, Travel + Leisure, 15 Nov. 2023
• The power of the tiny bag hand in hand with the status symbol that is Trader Joe’s can’t be beat.
  — Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 8 Mar. 2024
• Strolling in style The stroller has become as big of a status symbol as a Birkin bag or a Cartier bracelet.
  — Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 17 July 2024
• The Row’s Margaux bag is many things: a purse, an heirloom in the making, and a status symbol.
  — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 2 Aug. 2024
• The best luggage sets are a kind of travel status symbol.
  — Gaby Keiderling, harpersbazaar.com, 13 May 2023
• One more thing: If your device is part workspace, part status symbol, then the foldables are without a doubt the way to go.
  — Mike Feibus, USA TODAY, 23 Apr. 2024
• Here, a car is a sanctuary, a second home and a status symbol.
  — Dave Schilling, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2023
• The wide variety of wildlife sacrifice was seen as a status symbol for the Han rulers.
  — Lyric Li, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2023
• Throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, the bow served less of a practical purpose and was used as a status symbol.
  — Heather Taylor-Singh, refinery29.com, 27 Nov. 2023
• Over the past decade, flying Delta has become something of a status symbol.
  — Chris Dong, USA TODAY, 21 June 2024
• The check mark has at times been decried as just another status symbol, a way for people to earn clout.
  — Rachel Lerman and Faiz Siddiqui, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Apr. 2023
• At some places around town, a glass jar of juice has become its own status symbol, the name on the cup an indication of your wealth bracket.
  — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2024
• Fast forward to the 19th century, and the idea of putting ice in drinks caught on in America, first as a status symbol with the rich and then with everyone else.
  — Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY, 6 July 2024
• Musk’s myopic view of blue checkmarks as solely a status symbol and nothing more led him astray.
  — Scott Nover, Quartz, 21 Apr. 2023
• In 2024 there’s no question that jeans have become a genuine status symbol.
  — Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 13 Feb. 2024
• In the music and fashion industries, Timberlands have become a status symbol, worn by hip-hop stars throughout the 1990s and the style set in the noughties.
  — Alice Cary, Vogue, 27 Mar. 2023
• In Britain, having more than one child is becoming something of a status symbol.
  — Vicky Spratt, refinery29.com, 22 July 2024
• Securing a spot at these tough-to-get-in restaurants has become a status symbol for New Yorkers—and even those who are well-in-the-know are scrambling to get a seat.
  — Sophie Dweck, Town & Country, 30 July 2023
• Carriages have long been used to transport royals and remain a status symbol.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 28 Apr. 2023
• Gold statuettes may be the Oscars’ ultimate status symbol, but what of the envelopes that reveal the big winners?
  — Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Mar. 2024
• In fact, pet snakes were considered a status symbol there as recently as the early 2000s.
  — Marisa Sloan, Discover Magazine, 9 Mar. 2023
• In the past, an indoor well was a status symbol of convenience and luxury that kept one from trending outside for a cup of water.
  — House Beautiful, 16 Aug. 2023
• Small status symbol bags in particular are a statement in fashion and status in themselves—think of the Louis Vuitton bag that was as large as a grain of sand.
  — Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 8 Mar. 2024
• The Stanley tumbler becoming somewhat of a status symbol was not on our bingo cards for 2024.
  — Alyssa Brascia, Peoplemag, 11 Apr. 2024
• Bows used to be gender-specific to aristocratic men, used as a status symbol worn in their hair.
  — Jocelyn Silver, Vogue, 20 Dec. 2023
• But with that has come a chance to examine all of that privilege of having traveled and being cultured as a status symbol.
  — Kate Siber, Outside Online, 8 Mar. 2023
• Just look to the billionaire men of Succession, for whom a traditional blazer is both a suit of armor and a status symbol.
  — Lauren Hubbard, townandcountrymag.com, 28 Apr. 2023
• How did the big cup go from hydrating service members to becoming a status symbol?
  — Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 7 Mar. 2024
• How did Famous Amos cookies become a ’70s luxury status symbol on par with caviar (said Vogue)?
  — Shelby Grad, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2024
• Each piece is usually considered something of a status symbol to own (like a designer handbag).
  — Malia Griggs, Glamour, 14 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 23 Dec 2024