How to Use perpetuate in a Sentence

perpetuate

verb

• He perpetuates the myth that his house is haunted.
• Fears about an epidemic are being perpetuated by the media.
• The dam can grow as it is fed by more liquid above it, and the problem perpetuates.
  — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Jan. 2024
• So is there a way to kind of perpetuate it within a loose framework?
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2021
• First, lets look at some of the key reasons that perpetuate a cycle of hunger.
  — Cindy Gordon, Forbes, 7 June 2021
• Rather, the price of admission to the reform debate has been a pledge to perpetuate it.
  — Charles Lane, Twin Cities, 11 Sep. 2019
• Is there a danger of perpetuating a stereotype by adding a book title like this to the world?
  — Nicholas Frankovich, National Review, 5 Nov. 2019
• The prize is to find young judges, in order to perpetuate their rule for as long as possible.
  — Fareed Zakaria, CNN, 1 Oct. 2022
• The media was, in a sense, used to perpetuate the fraud that's been alleged.
  — Sara Ashley O'Brien, CNN, 1 Oct. 2021
• But those who perpetuate these evils are betting that the rest of the world will avert their eyes, move on, and forget.
  — Jim Geraghty, National Review, 28 Dec. 2023
• The system itself is slow to adapt and too good at perpetuating the status quo.
  — Gov. Butch Otter, idahostatesman, 8 Jan. 2018
• And the move to Hockey East might have perpetuated that as well.
  — George Sipple, Detroit Free Press, 6 Apr. 2018
• The shame is that some in the political arena perpetuate the idea that all white people are racist.
  — WSJ, 27 Aug. 2021
• And so the great rock 'n' roll cycle perpetuates itself.
  — Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 19 June 2019
• If this can't happen, the least a straight actor can do is try not to perpetuate tired stereotypes.
  — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 10 Dec. 2020
• The vagueness of their duties only helps them perpetuate the archetype.
  — Drew Magary, GQ, 16 Feb. 2018
• The slumps, which used to drive him crazy, which only perpetuated them, will come.
  — Kevin Acee, sandiegouniontribune.com, 5 July 2018
• Sure, our fear of ghosts has been perpetuated by horror movie tropes.
  — Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 19 June 2018
• And shame on those of you who perpetuate this destructive clickbait.
  — Colin Stutz, Billboard, 28 June 2018
• And humans living in poverty make choices that perpetuate each of the first three problems.
  — Joan Meiners, The Arizona Republic, 25 May 2022
• There’s a theory about dogs and our concept of time that humans like to perpetuate.
  — Tony Nitti, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2022
• How do women perpetuate the very systems of oppression that have led our world to rot?
  — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2021
• That would just perpetuate what the industry already looks like.
  — Kiran Herbert, Outside Online, 6 Oct. 2020
• Guess who's perpetuating all of these kinds of actions?
  — Fox News, 19 Sep. 2018
• Vote, get these folks out of office who perpetuate this system.
  — NBC News, 4 June 2020
• To be clear, the image used perpetuated a racist stereotype.
  — SI.com, 24 Oct. 2019
• White supremacy does not require a white person to perpetuate it.
  — Jennifer Ho, The Conversation, 8 Apr. 2021
• Go ahead and keep starting Jakob Poeltl every now and then to help perpetuate the ruse.
  — Mike Finger, ExpressNews.com, 19 Oct. 2019
• Bloomberg isn’t identifying the sites or forums so as not to perpetuate false claims.
  — al, 28 Apr. 2022
• But there’s a large element of self-perpetuating myth in it.
  — Robert Graboyes, National Review, 13 Feb. 2018

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024