How to Use social construct in a Sentence

social construct

noun

• But for Native Americans, race is not merely a social construct.
  — David Treuer, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2026
• Nobility is a social construct that conflates social status with positive character traits and has been used for centuries to justify the hoarding of power and wealth.
  — F.d. Flam, Twin Cities, 22 Nov. 2025
• Supporters of transgender athlete participation argue that gender is a social construct, shaped by societal norms and cultural beliefs more so than by biology.
  — Amanda Siegrist, The Conversation, 15 Sep. 2025
• The current five-day, 40-hour standard is a social construct, established in the 1930s after union efforts and Henry Ford's influence.
  — Adia Harvey Wingfield, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
• Like Nighty Night, Such Brave Girls takes a sledgehammer to the flimsy framework of manners that keeps the British social construct (barely) hanging together, exposing the malice and envy that so often lie beneath the politeness.
  — Liam Hess, Vogue, 28 Dec. 2025