How to Use privilege in a Sentence

privilege

1 of 2 noun

• He lived a life of wealth and privilege.
• Good health care should be a right and not a privilege.
• We had the privilege of being invited to the party.
• I had the privilege of knowing your grandfather.
• This a right and a privilege to vote.
  — Tanya Wildt, Freep.com, 4 Nov. 2025
• One of the great privileges of my life.
  — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026
• That health is a right, not a privilege.
  — Dr. Tunji Funsho, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
• That just means your child isn't quite ready for the new privilege.
  — Alanna Gallo, Parents, 2 June 2026
• That just means your child isn't quite ready for the new privilege.
  — Alanna Gallo, Parents, 7 Feb. 2026
• The privilege has all been ours.
  — George Caulkin, New York Times, 16 May 2026
• And to be quite a big part of it is an honor and a privilege.
  — Doug Ferguson, BostonGlobe.com, 17 July 2019
• But there is no such privilege for the Cougars, not this week.
  — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Nov. 2020
• What the host cities get out of this is the privilege of paying for it.
  — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 19 June 2026
• She will be deeply missed by all who had the privilege of meeting her.
  — courant.com, 3 Dec. 2019
• Always a privilege to work with this cast and crew.
  — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 3 Feb. 2026
• To play in the last of them is a tremendous privilege.
  — James Horncastle, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
• Her mom pays her for her work in cash, privileges and Ugg boots.
  — Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 6 May 2026
• Chris will be deeply missed by all who had the privilege of knowing him.
  — Hartford Courant, courant.com, 29 May 2018
• And that, in and of itself, would be enough to be a privilege.
  — Veronica Wells, Essence, 18 Apr. 2022
• Taking care of the kids was a privilege – hard work well worth it.
  — Jayme Fraser, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
• And it's been a privilege to work with you on the hits and the misses.
  — Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 5 Dec. 2022
• But that privilege is reserved for the very best of breed.
  — Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 6 Jan. 2026
• To have no one in the same lane is a privilege reserved for the greats.
  — Tracee Ellis Ross, Glamour, 27 Oct. 2025
• To be loved by you is the greatest privilege.
  — Tommy McArdle, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025
• Pratt doesn’t hide his privilege.
  — Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 11 Feb. 2026
• Fast growth is both a privilege and a challenge.
  — Hope Horner, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
• Basic health care is a right, not a privilege.
  — Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 10 Apr. 2026
• Susan was able to weaponize her race and privilege.
  — Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 20 Feb. 2026
• Such a privilege to be married to you.
  — Emma Banks, InStyle, 5 June 2026
• Such a privilege to be married to you.
  — Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026

privilege

2 of 2 verb

• The new tax laws unfairly privilege the rich.
• And in a few days, Avila won’t be privileged with the same view.
  — Anthony Fenech, Detroit Free Press, 27 Mar. 2018
• That system has evolved to privilege a certain kind of movie.
  — Adam Rogers, WIRED, 6 July 2017
• This has privileged longer shows—the more looks, the more potential page views.
  — Nicole Phelps, Vogue, 11 Mar. 2019
• But there is no way to prize the first without privileging the second, too.
  — Literary Hub, 18 June 2026
• Those who breathed it were privileged, but any dreamland could become a nightmare.
  — Tara Knight, The Root, 13 May 2018
• This is a politician who was shaped by adversity even though he was born to privilege.
  — Michael Sheridan, Vanity Fair, 8 Apr. 2026
• This is a hotel that privileges the senses—taste itself, in all meanings of the word.
  — Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Nov. 2023
• Issues not typically felt by those privileged enough to be in the room!
  — Alida Draudt, Slate Magazine, 29 Sep. 2017
• More broadly, there is a tendency in our culture to privilege the future over the past.
  — Matt Fitzgerald, Outside Online, 1 Feb. 2021
• But the methods themselves privilege human-like skills.
  — Jonny Thomson, Big Think, 8 Oct. 2025
• Johnson, now a ticket taker, feels privileged to have worked so long in Detroit.
  — Curtis Rush, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2017
• The point was not to privilege any tradition but to protect all traditions.
  — Corey D. B. Walker, The Conversation, 9 Mar. 2026
• In effect, then, the plan is to privilege one energy source over another.
  — Chris Mooney, Discover Magazine, 12 Feb. 2011
• All of those factors played a role here and will privilege a moribund industry at the expense of one that is growing.
  — David Segal, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2018
• His wealth, his fortune, and his fame should not privilege him nor protect him from being met with the sternest punishment that there is.
  — Stacey Leasca, Glamour, 28 Apr. 2018
• For a queen mother to privilege her daughter/queen’s wishes above those of the son/king who abdicated in the night?
  — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 29 June 2026
• The championing of free speech must not privilege any immutable notion of the truth to the exclusion of others.
  — chicagotribune.com, 12 Oct. 2017
• People who’ve lived a life like mine, which is privileged, devoid of any prejudice whatsoever, will be shocked by this film more than most.
  — Anna Peele, GQ, 20 Dec. 2017
• We are honored and privileged to be able to cover all the action on the ice for you guys from Pyeongchang 2018.
  — Lisa Gutierrez, kansascity, 9 Feb. 2018
• So, my fellow folks privileged enough to be able to work from home during this crisis, below are some picks in a bunch of that might make working from home more bearable.
  — Julian Chokkattu, Wired, 3 Apr. 2020
• That group, known as a taint team, would then do their own review of the remaining materials to determine which were privileged.
  — Alan Feuer, New York Times, 26 June 2018
• There is also, of course, no guarantee that the applicant taking the legacy’s spot is not also privileged.
  — Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2019
• The museums privileged historic art, and LA had few galleries.
  — Catherine G. Wagley, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Mar. 2023
• Schools must defend free inquiry, reject dogma, and privilege the unencumbered search for truth.
  — Deborah Kenny, Time, 20 Apr. 2026
• We have been honored and privileged to be part of the Medina community for the last 31 years.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland.com, 8 Mar. 2018
• The Senate’s rules privilege the majority, which controls the agenda and floor time.
  — Ben Sasse, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2020
• This gave Dr Wang privileged insights into the most promising new technologies.
  — Calum Chace, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2023
• Is doing least privilege across all your applications a solution?
  — Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
• These privileged, professional women manage the challenges of modern life, then hold up their success as proof that the system works.
  — Moira Weigel, The New Yorker, 6 May 2017