How to Use zeitgeist in a Sentence

zeitgeist

noun

• His songs perfectly captured the zeitgeist of 1960s America.
• Then there’s the zeitgeist, which seems to be on the side of the 1970s.
  — Tanya Dukes, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2021
• This story has stayed sort of in and out of the zeitgeist over the past 30 years.
  — Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Oct. 2024
• At the same time, the ad’s narrative captures the zeitgeist of the times.
  — Cassie Werber, Quartz, 16 Jan. 2023
• Don’t mistake this decade’s poll for a mere shift in the zeitgeist.
  — Armond White, National Review, 7 Dec. 2022
• De Waal’s own work with chimpanzees in the 1980s loaned the term alpha male to the zeitgeist.
  — Rebecca Giggs, The Atlantic, 6 May 2022
• In the short term, what does the company have in store to build off the Olympic zeitgeist?
  — Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 18 Aug. 2024
• It’s about catching the zeitgeist and finding the right time.
  — Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 20 Apr. 2021
• Now even Mordhau's come and gone from the zeitgeist, so…we'll see.
  — Hayden Dingman, PCWorld, 10 June 2020
• The dark side of corporate office life seem to be in the zeitgeist.
  — Seija Rankin, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 June 2022
• Despite that, The Warriors went on to find a place in the pop culture zeitgeist in the decades since.
  — Rachel Raposas, People.com, 28 Oct. 2024
• The traps became the franchise, at least in the culture zeitgeist.
  — Emily Palmer Heller, Vulture, 14 May 2021
• With Baz Luhrmann's biopic hitting theaters, the king of rock 'n' roll is back in the zeitgeist.
  — Marykate Boylan, Town & Country, 3 July 2022
• The zeitgeist is a slippery thing to cling to; no one knows that better than a pop star.
  — Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 24 Aug. 2020
• And bubble hems are the latest trend to reach 2023’s style zeitgeist.
  — Frances Solá-Santiago, refinery29.com, 8 Mar. 2023
• Most of the stuff that’s happening is not the mainstream zeitgeist at all.
  — Sumeet Kulkarni, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2022
• Artists have a unique way of tapping into the zeitgeist and getting right to the heart of the matter.
  — Dodie Kazanjian, Vogue, 4 Dec. 2024
• In short: The idea of ethics reform for the high court has penetrated the zeitgeist.
  — Simon Lazarus, The New Republic, 16 Mar. 2023
• The project made millions and went on to become one of the most popular teen movies in the zeitgeist.
  — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 26 June 2020
• The shift in the book club’s tastes was a reaction to the anxious zeitgeist, says one of its members.
  — The Economist, 29 Aug. 2020
• Now, the air fryer holds a coveted spot in the kitchen zeitgeist.
  — Curtis Silver, Forbes, 22 June 2021
• And many of those DLSS-compatible games have long since passed in and out of the gamer zeitgeist.
  — Chris Stobing, PCMAG, 30 Mar. 2022
• The current zeitgeist is full of celebrity-run brands, and from time to time, there are always some that hit it out of the park.
  — Ali Faccenda, Peoplemag, 20 Sep. 2024
• The stories at Netflix are second-to-none, and brands are eager to be a part of that zeitgeist.
  — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Oct. 2023
• In the wake of the pandemic and in the midst of the Great Resignation, nightlife has bounced back with a vengeance, and rave culture is in the zeitgeist.
  — Cassidy George, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2022
• The simplest reason seems to be that podcasts — as Rosenthal notes — are part of the zeitgeist.
  — Randee Dawn, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2022
• Between the two films, the couple is suddenly very much back in the zeitgeist.
  — Kirsten Chuba, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Feb. 2022
• The result wasn’t just success—the brand quickly entered the zeitgeist.
  — Rachel Chang, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Sep. 2023
• The staff acknowledges its slipping grasp of the zeitgeist.
  — Kate Knibbs, Wired, 22 Oct. 2020
• That could be the zeitgeist recipe for this year’s Best Picture Oscar winner.
  — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 28 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 21 Dec 2024