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 best luggage sets are a kind of travel status symbol.
  — Gaby Keiderling, harpersbazaar.com, 13 May 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Farmers markets are the place to see and be seen, and tickets to the exclusive Tower Bridge gala dinner have replaced the Michael Kors purse as a status symbol for locals.
  — Chris MacIas and Tim Swanson, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024
• There are many reasons why Americans feel unable to or resist taking time off, but one is that, for years, busyness has been viewed as a status symbol.
  — Time, 15 June 2023
• Having and displaying a collection on shelves and on social media is seen as a status symbol.
  — Jaclyn Peiser, Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2024
• On Twitter, those who have already subscribed to Twitter Blue are frequently teased for paying for what some deem a status symbol.
  — Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 31 Mar. 2023
• And perhaps most remarkable: the prevalence of the Tesla Motors Model S, a luxury electric sedan that’s become the new status symbol among the tech-savvy.
  — Matthew N. Eisler, IEEE Spectrum, 28 Jan. 2016
• Buying and playing vinyl records is becoming a status symbol.
  — Jay L. Zagorsky, Fortune, 14 Mar. 2023
• The eye-catching style is status symbol as important as the expedition.
  — Paula Conway, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
• Silicon Valley is deeply in love with itself, which partly explains why the mundane task of parking your cash at a bank turned into a status symbol at SVB.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 14 Mar. 2023
• Cosmetic enhancements, like grills, are often finding their home in the mouths of major celebrities as a status symbol.
  — India Espy-Jones, Essence, 7 Dec. 2023
• Hanging Travel Bag Tumi is a status symbol for sure, and the company’s Alpha hanging toiletry bag has a price tag that reflects that: $195.
  — Kristine Solomon, Travel + Leisure, 27 Aug. 2023
• After all, a minimalist handbag is style status symbol as of late.
  — Laura Jackson, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024