How to Use colonialism in a Sentence

colonialism

noun

• The last installment of the series comes down hard on the issue of colonialism.
  — Eric McQuade, The Atlantic, 27 Dec. 2021
• The tour saw protests over colonialism and calls to drop Queen Elizabeth as head of state.
  — Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com, 13 July 2022
• Both authors feel the drumbeat of France’s past, from colonialism to Vichy to Jacques Chirac.
  — Washington Post, 16 Apr. 2022
• That’s what colonialism wants to put out in us, the fire that was gifted to us by those who invoked its flames first.
  — Shaadi Devereaux, refinery29.com, 8 Nov. 2021
• Blame the long tail of colonialism and a quirk of globalization.
  — Garrett Snyder, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2022
• The story of colonialism is the story of what’s been lost, of what’s been taken, of what’s been forgotten.
  — Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 21 Dec. 2021
• In the Americas, prenups date back to the early days of colonialism.
  — Michael Waters, The New Yorker, 12 July 2022
• There should be no such thing as colonialism by consent.
  — Alberto C. Medina, The New Republic, 20 July 2022
• British comic actors played her as a stand-in for class, colonialism and other hang-ups close to home.
  — John Jurgensen, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2022
• The civil rights struggles in the United States and the end of colonialism in Africa came at the same time and naturally the movements dovetailed.
  — Forrest Brown, CNN, 14 Jan. 2022
• Strip away the ills of colonialism, the pomp and ceremony of royalty.
  — Marissa Charles, Peoplemag, 13 Sep. 2022
• More from The White Lotus, a show where even the trees feel uneasily caught between nature and colonialism.
  — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 30 Dec. 2021
• The condition of Black women has been deeply marked by slavery and colonialism.
  — Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2022
• Then there are the trauma roles that are usually set during wars or post-colonialism.
  — NBC News, 29 Oct. 2021
• Ahead of the royal visit, villagers protested colonialism as well the use of their land for the royals' helicopter.
  — Whitney Perry, Glamour, 20 Mar. 2022
• The series’ vision of Hawaii at least mentioned colonialism.
  — Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2022
• And, yes, the social structure was and is all redolent of colonialism, except the Qataris are ultimately in charge.
  — Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2022
• The spectre of colonialism and the exploitation of people and place loom large, offering a sombre note.
  — Thomas Page, CNN, 23 Sep. 2022
• From the northwest corner of the state in Williamstown, the figures look west across the vast homelands from which native peoples were forcibly removed to make way for settler colonialism.
  — Chadd Scott, Forbes, 25 Aug. 2022
• Wednesday hates all things related to the pilgrims and colonialism.
  — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 26 Nov. 2022
• Those people didn’t come to be lectured about colonialism, gender equality and the rest.
  — Eric Gibson, WSJ, 2 Sep. 2022
• But of course, the Global North plays a very large role in that as well, because a lot of these vulnerabilities are from colonialism and so on.
  — Angela Dewan, CNN, 15 Sep. 2022
• It is fueled by a legacy of colonialism and the genocide across the border in Rwanda, which has helped fill refugee camps with more than 5.5 million people.
  — Jason Horowitz, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Jan. 2023
• This slim book on the legacies of colonialism has been described variously as a jeremiad and a mock travel guide.
  — Bo Seo, The Atlantic, 1 June 2022
• When is the appropriate time to talk about the negative impact of colonialism?
  — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2022
• The tour has seen protests over colonialism and calls for dropping William's grandmother Queen Elizabeth as head of state in Jamaica.
  — Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com, 26 Mar. 2022
• Now, thanks to this absurd monologue about red hair and colonialism, the attention was all on Infantino.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 22 Nov. 2022
• Given the way colonialism goes, the long-standing story has been that Filipino adobo came from the Spanish and Mexican dishes.
  — Bettina Makalintal, Bon Appétit, 19 Oct. 2021
• Last March, William and Catherine made a trouble-prone tour of the Caribbean, where the shadow of colonialism and calls for reparations dogged the couple at every stop.
  — Mark Landler, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2022
• Earlier in the week, a small group of protestors in Saint Vincent held signs calling for reparations and an end to colonialism.
  — Emily Burack, Town & Country, 26 Apr. 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024