How to Use entitlement in a Sentence

entitlement

noun
  • And that, again, is what the show is all about: entitlement.
    Town & Country, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Part of the answer has to do with a sense of entitlement.
    Lila MacLellan, Quartz, 21 Dec. 2020
  • For their part, Erik and Lyle are a grotesque blend of entitlement and prey.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 19 Sep. 2024
  • Black high tops, had his own style and no sense of entitlement.
    Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2022
  • Or is the sentence a setup to a tear-down of entitlement?
    Susan Burton, New York Times, 12 May 2020
  • There is a sense of entitlement that has caused a lack of respect for adults, peers, and our country.
    Renata Cló, The Arizona Republic, 14 Sep. 2022
  • Neither party has the will to address the root cause of the debt: entitlement spending.
    The Editors, National Review, 24 Oct. 2023
  • That entitlement already took a hit due to the shortage in Lake Mead this year.
    Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 4 Aug. 2022
  • The first problem is that this is a new suburban entitlement, not aid to the needy.
    The Editorial Board, WSJ, 9 May 2021
  • Scottsdale should never cater to the entitlement of few, at the expense of many.
    Sam Kmack, The Arizona Republic, 9 July 2024
  • Xcode includes this entitlement in the Mac version of your app, but not in the iOS version.
    Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 1 July 2019
  • Children of the wealthy have often been coddled and have a sense of entitlement.
    Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2023
  • The 49ers won with a style and flair that stunned the football world and infused the team’s downtrodden fan base with joy and pride — and maybe a touch of entitlement.
    Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Apr. 2021
  • Any serious plan to deal with the debt must deal with the main drivers of debt: entitlements.
    Nr Editors, National Review, 25 July 2019
  • But the headline is a new entitlement for 57 million renters that would push prices up, not down.
    The Editorial Board, WSJ, 12 June 2019
  • The bride worked for a pretty high-profile person, and that brought an air of WASP-y entitlement, in terms of guests.
    Katie Johnston, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Mar. 2021
  • The Romilly story looks to me like one of self-importance and entitlement wrapped up in the red flag.
    Andrew Stuttaford, WSJ, 14 June 2019
  • Keep in mind: a project would still need more approvals after this entitlement phase to get a full green light.
    Cameron Sperance, BostonGlobe.com, 10 July 2022
  • But that was before the rise of the entitlement state and its growing claims on tax revenue to pay retirees.
    The Editorial Board, WSJ, 2 Sep. 2020
  • For a player just past his teens to show that entitlement at Real is unique.
    Henry Flynn, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • The donor class wants extension of the 2017 tax cuts and entitlement reform.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Haley has most openly stuck with the pre-Trump view of entitlements.
    David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2023
  • The lack of entitlement and pretense is instructive if you’ve been raised on the major-league game.
    Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 19 Nov. 2019
  • This is the kind of arrogant survival of the fittest entitlement that says their pleasure is worth more than your life.
    Tony Bravo, SFChronicle.com, 15 Jan. 2021
  • But the glamor of self-destruction was part of the texture of Max’s, and so was a certain do-what-you-please entitlement.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 24 July 2022
  • The sense of entitlement that comes with the tour circus can block the rationale of what is acceptable.
    Tim Ellis, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
  • An entitlement to make and uphold the rules, to make America great again.
    NBC News, 10 Nov. 2021
  • What about a sense of entitlement, which Smith mentioned?
    Clarence E. Hill Jr., Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Rental assistance is not an entitlement, and demand far outstrips the limited funds available.
    Jennifer Ludden, NPR, 4 June 2025
  • Trump emphasized economic growth and eschewed Paul Ryan-style entitlement reforms.
    W. James Antle Iii, The Washington Examiner, 3 June 2025

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