How to Use mentality in a Sentence

mentality

noun
  • There was a lot of 2-14 in the mentality of those guys.
    Chantz Martin, Fox News, 16 Feb. 2025
  • For the Heat, the underdog mentality has long brought out some of the best in the team.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2023
  • That mentality led to a pair of second-half goals in the win.
    Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 11 Jan. 2024
  • So like for us, man, our mentality is to find a way to win the next game.
    Tim Ryan, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Make sure to build a team that shares the same mentality.
    Prakash Vasant, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2022
  • This go-with-the-flow mentality doesn’t mean that Hardy is a pushover.
    Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Nov. 2022
  • My mind doesn’t change on any of this in terms of the mentality of knowing it’s on us.
    Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 15 Oct. 2021
  • While that was the mentality eight years ago, a lot has changed within the club.
    Austin David, Orlando Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2022
  • The old walk-on mentality from 35 years ago served him well.
    The Indianapolis Star, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Just his mentality and that guy just taught me how to work.
    Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2023
  • That’s the mentality that helps me to keep going with all my projects.
    Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 19 Sep. 2022
  • His body language is good and he’s got a great mentality on the mound.
    Danny Ventura, Boston Herald, 26 Apr. 2025
  • And that’s good, because that’s just the mentality of the players.
    Andrew Gillis, cleveland, 20 Sep. 2022
  • This was not a message from the Thatcherite script and its Cold War mentality.
    Tom McTague, The Atlantic, 8 Sep. 2022
  • And yet the ‘free hit’ mentality may well be just what the country needs to spring a surprise.
    Aleks Klosok, CNN, 11 June 2024
  • That mentality set them up to reach even greater heights in 2022.
    Robert Fenbers, cleveland, 6 Apr. 2022
  • LaVine and DeRozan both cited mentality as a key for the Bulls.
    Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 6 Dec. 2022
  • How many good years does a 37-year-old point guard with a pit-bull mentality still have?
    Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 31 May 2022
  • Just my mentality all over — with school, the weight room and on the court — has all gotten better.
    Michael Osipoff, chicagotribune.com, 15 Mar. 2022
  • In Wednesday’s win, that mentality helped carry the Reds to a win.
    Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 25 May 2023
  • Addam still has this mentality of hope, though, and is still in that phase.
    Josh Wigler, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 July 2024
  • Horford’s mentality this late in his career is not to score in the post.
    Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 31 May 2023
  • This common mentality of having to pound the woods and hunt all the time has saved a lot of big deer over the decades, Sturgis says.
    Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 18 Dec. 2024
  • The right coach will improve his route running and mentality with the ball.
    Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Apr. 2022
  • This season, Kyle Lowry provides help on the glass and there is more of a group mentality.
    Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 12 Apr. 2022
  • This season, Kyle Lowry provides help on the glass and there is more of a group mentality.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2022
  • There’s not an artist out there that has that mentality.
    Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 11 Jan. 2022
  • Rublev puts part of his shift in mentality down to learning lessons from last year.
    Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
  • And that’s the mentality we’ve been preaching since Day 1.
    James Wagner, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2022
  • And that’s the mentality anyone needs to successfully deal with failure.
    Bruce Arians, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025

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