How to Use territoriality in a Sentence

territoriality

noun

• On the other hand, nobody said territoriality would be free of guardrails.
  — Robert Goulder, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2021
• The study cited territoriality — a person with a bumper sticker may regard his car as an extension of his home turf which must be defended.
  — Mary Wisniewski, chicagotribune.com, 11 June 2017
• The formation was seen to deal with problems resulting from the lack of agreement on contract ownership, salaries, territoriality, and other issues.
  — David Buie, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 24 Apr. 2021
• Dr. Hemenway, who was an author of a 2002 paper that found Arizona drivers who had guns in their cars were more likely to act rudely and aggressively, said drivers develop a sense of territoriality.
  — Christopher Mele, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2017
• The territoriality Baggett gave voice to is perhaps a by-product of fatigue from the museum's long gestation and residents' fear of erasure in a community where so many memories have been bulldozed.
  — Maya Dukmasova, Chicago Reader, 5 July 2017
• And, really liked the chapter on Rei Kawakubo — artistic clothing design, like tattoo, is an up-and-coming art territoriality and cultural heritage headed for (if not already at) the most prestigious museums of the world.
  — Bruce Sterling, WIRED, 10 Jan. 2011
• While the basics of coyote hunting are simple—set up with visibility and minimize movement; keep the wind in your face or crossing; call in dogs by appealing to their stomach, territoriality, or libido—success hinges on the details.
  — Toby Walrath, Outdoor Life, 25 Jan. 2021
• That’s because territoriality is a major stressor among cats.
  — Dr. Patty Khuly, miamiherald, 14 May 2018
• Of particular concern is the principle of territoriality, the idea that producers and rights holders can sign agreements with companies in different European countries to give them exclusive local rights to a film or TV series.
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 June 2017
• Overall, however, the results of this study suggest that factors such as familiarity and territoriality may be playing a bigger role than spectator support, Memmert says.
  — Diana Kwon, Scientific American, 31 Mar. 2021
• Davies sees the criticism as largely rooted in territoriality and financial concerns.
  — Jessica Wapner, Newsweek, 17 July 2017
• Those records were essential to end any territoriality dispute between Denmark and America.
  — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2022
• Sometime around the 14th century, southern New England Indians added corn-beans-squash horticulture to their subsistence, spurring population growth and territoriality.
  — National Geographic, 19 Nov. 2020
• Their neurological capabilities were dominated by the brainstem (a.k.a. the reptilian brain), which was in charge of survival, territoriality, and reproduction.
  — Luis E. Romero, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2021
• Other, less privacy and territoriality-minded countries, have cabanas, which are essentially vast sunbeds of conviviality.
  — Sarah Turner, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2021

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024