How to Use materialistic in a Sentence

materialistic

adjective

• The film is written to the anxious and, yes, materialistic beats of the here and now.
  — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 10 Nov. 2025
• Let’s see the Evil Queen be materialistic and not just talk-sing about it.
  — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 24 Mar. 2025
• On a date, people are dressed up and act a certain way; maybe being a bit materialistic.
  — Arielle Domb, Vogue, 1 Nov. 2024
• Few of us are immune to this materialistic ethos.
  — Corey Buhay, Outside, 15 Sep. 2025
• The nation’s drive for materialistic wealth has left a spiritual void for many in the middle class.
  — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 3 July 2025
• If God is dead, a materialistic narrative that puts my needs center stage is a sure contender.
  — Emma Wilkins, New York Daily News, 30 Dec. 2024
• Far too many became trapped in a materialistic outlook where success was based on acquiring wealth.
  — Jane Goodall, Time, 12 Nov. 2025
• Customers thought the doll was shallow, materialistic, too perfect and not reflective of the world around her.
  — Willa Paskin, New York Times, 11 July 2023
• Some of these people spend a lot of money and live incredibly materialistic lives.
  — Morgan Housel, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2025
• More involved in things that aren’t materialistic.
  — Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 12 Jan. 2026
• Saxon is all about getting off, and Piper is renouncing the materialistic.
  — Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 2 Apr. 2025
• Another is with their adoptive family, which is made up of an uptight aunt, a materialistic uncle, and seven snide cousins.
  — Mia Taylor, Parents, 4 Oct. 2024
• My upbringing taught me that real happiness doesn't come from materialistic things.
  — Priscilla Rodriguez, Allure, 21 Dec. 2020
• Rather, as people become more materialistic, their well-being plummets.
  — Time, 9 Jan. 2023
• Sure, its plot hinges on a materialistic desire, but capitalism has seldom felt this comforting.
  — Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com, 12 July 2022
• For God’s presence to be seen and felt here and now, materialistic thinking needs to give way to spiritual, Christly thinking.
  — David C. Kennedy, Christian Science Monitor, 16 Sep. 2025
• For me, the essence of giving lay not in materialistic things, like another piece of jewelry or the latest Apple watch, but in the act of sharing a meal or drink with loved ones.
  — Chrissy Tracey, Bon Appétit, 16 Nov. 2023
• West, with the credibility of the underground, the materialistic gloss of the mainstream and an equally deep trove of soul samples, was going to be the new leader.
  — New York Times, 12 Oct. 2021
• Even those words and phrases—takeaway, once-in-a-lifetime, bucket list—expose an insatiable, materialistic mindset.
  — Jackie Caradonio, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 June 2023
• Much of what preceded in drug rap was either a moralistic cautionary tale or lavishly materialistic.
  — Abe Beame, Vulture, 23 Aug. 2023
• The pursuit of happiness, both materialistic and spiritual, is a recurring theme in my feature films.
  — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 19 Jan. 2026
• Will Angie survive without her beloved materialistic items?
  — Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2025
• Will Angie survive without her beloved materialistic items?
  — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 16 Sep. 2025
• Taurus season starts on April 19, and its materialistic earth sign energy will inspire you to buckle down and focus on your finances.
  — Nina Kahn, StyleCaster, 24 Mar. 2025
• Perhaps the watch has sentimental value; or perhaps Roman is, in his own, odd way, the least materialistic Roy after all.
  — Louisa Ballhaus, Robb Report, 27 Mar. 2023
• For Secord, the value of their return is more illustrative than materialistic.
  — Simon Parkin, The New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2022
• Researchers credited the country’s strong social support systems, high trust levels and a less materialistic mindset.
  — Jade Walker, CNN, 20 Mar. 2025
• Many of the most popular kids YouTube videos have featured children unwrapping new toys or doing other materialistic things.
  — Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2022
• Even Lochlan and Piper, who think of themselves as more enlightened than their loutish brother and materialistic parents, have a lot of Victoria in them.
  — Noel Murray, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
• What does an increasingly secular and materialistic society have to do with anti-Semitism?
  — Joseph Loconte, National Review, 30 May 2021