How to Use stratum in a Sentence

stratum

noun

• So there is also a stratum of cat fur in all the creases and the top.
  — Murr Brewster, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Mar. 2023
• For brunch, there’s French toast loaf, hash and egg strata.
  — Linda Zavoral, The Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2017
• Those spots will cause uneven browning and scorching on the edges of the strata.
  — Sarah Digregorio, PEOPLE.com, 25 Oct. 2017
• The tragedy is just the top stratum of this multilayered work.
  — Somtow Sucharitkul, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2023
• Mnuchin’s masterpiece, the deal that launched him into a new stratum of wealth, came in 2008.
  — Jason Zengerle, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2020
• Mantle fires up the clambake, building the strata of ingredients in the cast iron, right over the coals.
  — Leilani Marie Labong, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 May 2018
• The touched girls are a big hit, but this stratum of London is dead set on segregation.
  — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2021
• As the film world and fans mourned his passing Wednesday, sentiments came from all over the globe and all strata of celebrity.
  — Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2020
• These contain strata laid down during the Younger Dryas, a time when the climate cooled, and also during the warmer years that followed it.
  — The Economist, 19 Oct. 2017
• There are two strata of justice in this country, one for those with connections and protection, and the other for those in the way.
  — WSJ, 16 Oct. 2016
• And so stratigraphy — the study of layers (strata) of rock in relation to each other — was born.
  — Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 30 June 2019
• Large plates include beef short ribs, pork Wellington, Chilean sea bass and vegetable strata.
  — Joyce Smith, kansascity, 30 Jan. 2018
• A daylong trip around the studio is like a tour of Brazil that ranges through time, terrain and every stratum of society.
  — David Segal, New York Times, 10 June 2016
• Remembrance of words past also raises the art of the euphemism to its loftiest stratum.
  — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2021
• The excavations shed light on a stratum of society and way of life that is still little known.
  — Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes, 8 Nov. 2021
• But no one thing so seems to galvanize the masses, and the less numerous strata above, as pizza.
  — Beth Segal, cleveland.com, 11 May 2018
• The sidewalks were silicone-slick; a bare patch of sidewalk hid a slight stratum of ice that would upend you in a second if the dog bolted on the leash.
  — Star Tribune, 19 Mar. 2021
• Among workers of all strata, one-quarter of new moms returned to work within just 10 days of giving birth.
  — Mary Emily O'Hara, NBC News, 15 June 2017
• The team has been searching under the high summer sun without success for the fossil-rich strata that braid through the arid rangeland here.
  — Robert F. Service, Science | AAAS, 13 Sep. 2017
• In fact, they had never even met despite both working at the highest stratum of the comedy world for more than two decades.
  — Tatiana Siegel, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Jan. 2020
• The event caps off a particularly tumultuous year for the stratum of rap on which both Kanye and Drake reside.
  — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 10 Dec. 2021
• Throughout, there’s a sense that Ferrante’s novels and the letters are composed of the same thematic strata.
  — Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2020
• By training, Laveau was a hairdresser, with clients in all social strata.
  — NOLA.com, 23 June 2017
• Kushner and Ivanka aren’t the first Orthodox Jews to reach these strata of power.
  — Andrew Kahn, Slate Magazine, 10 Feb. 2017
• Whisk eggs and milk together, add mustard, salt, pepper and thyme, and mix to combine. Pour egg mixture over strata.
  — Joan Elovitz Kazan, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Jan. 2018
• Can love ever transcend the strata of race, class, and entitlement?
  — Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 15 May 2018
• The next strata might do physical testing, such as agility drills or the vertical leap.
  — Rick Bonnell, charlotteobserver, 18 May 2018
• The same could be seen with other companies catering to the same economic strata, such as Vail Resorts .
  — Elizabeth Winkler, WSJ, 16 Jan. 2019
• With these and the release of Gladiator 2 next year, Mescal is on the precipice of catapulting into another stratum of fame and cementing his status among the next generation’s great film talents.
  — Harper's BAZAAR, 16 Aug. 2023
• Since most mass shooters in the United States would be considered middle class by Latin American standards, the kinship bonds among this stratum of society may be most relevant to explaining lower rates of mass shootings.
  — Paul Hirschfield, Foreign Affairs, 29 July 2022

Last Updated: 26 Nov 2024