How to Use sexism in a Sentence

sexism

noun

• Howard also points to sexism and ageism for lube’s bad rap.
  — Hannah Baxter, Glamour, 10 Jan. 2023
• On the campaign trail, his choice of words led to charges of sexism, and back problems forced him to pull out of the last debate.
  — Beatriz Ríos, Washington Post, 23 July 2023
• Inequality and sexism still exist in the United States (as well as the rest of the world).
  — Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 25 Jan. 2023
• Canadians of all ages were appalled that ageism and sexism could have led to the ouster of a beloved anchor.
  — Paige McGlauflin, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2022
• However, sexism in the sport hasn’t washed away overnight.
  — Frankie Adkins, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Mar. 2023
• When the forces of sexism land on Barbie, Robbie’s face crumbles beneath the weight of epiphany.
  — Wesley Morris, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2024
• The history of sport is rife with sexism that has held back women.
  — Steve Magness, The Atlantic, 29 Sep. 2022
• People talk about her battles with sexism, but how about that ageism front.
  — Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Jan. 2023
• He was criticized for what many saw was a display of sexism.
  — Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 6 Apr. 2023
• Vivian starts an anonymous zine that calls out her school's sexism.
  — Leah Campano, Seventeen, 17 Mar. 2023
• Statements like this, which reveal the depth of sexism with which female artists had to contend, have caused many to question the very idea of genius.
  — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2023
• Wick tried to take advantage of this entrenched sexism.
  — oregonlive, 27 Sep. 2022
• In essence, because of sexism, Wilde was forced to build up the messaging within the movie as a way to measure and demonstrate its value.
  — Katherine Singh, refinery29.com, 26 Sep. 2022
• Yet at the same time—sometimes in the same breath—the President has continued to stumble into sexism.
  — Time, 16 Sep. 2022
• Some of the contestants also display unchecked sexism, Joo said.
  — Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 25 Feb. 2023
• But sexism alone may not explain the stubborn gender tenure gap.
  — Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 20 Feb. 2024
• That source as well as others blamed sexism for the intense scrutiny Wilde is facing.
  — Tatiana Siegel, Rolling Stone, 7 Sep. 2022
• Snakes are not the only animals to be affected by sexism in science, of course.
  — Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Mar. 2023
• And that gets into the sexism of our industry, which movies are celebrated and who gets turned into an icon — and who doesn’t.
  — Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 May 2023
• The campaign for a more diverse Santa is also a push to remove sexism from the holidays, others say.
  — John Blake, CNN, 18 Dec. 2022
• Mixed in with the stories of triumph are many tales of accompanying sexism.
  — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Sep. 2023
• O’Keeffe had to navigate varieties of sexism that were in some ways worse than in preceding eras.
  — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 11 May 2023
• Outshining all the stars, though, is a media meta-narrative around the film that—with its themes of sexism and public scrutiny—oddly echoes that of the movie.
  — Véronique Hyland, ELLE, 13 Oct. 2022
• Lemon’s comment was a toilet-bowl swirl of sexism and ageism and lookism and did this man have an undiagnosed head injury, or what?
  — Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2023
• With sexism, as with other forms of bias, the challenge is how to bring everyone into the conversation.
  — Diane Brady, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023
• Fed up with workplace sexism, a woman fakes pregnancy to get out of certain unpaid tasks.
  — David Conrads, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Jan. 2023
• Phillips rejected the idea that sexism or ageism was behind his calls for her resignation.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 22 June 2023
• This isn’t to say sexism in sports is fixed or to discount the important questions about race being asked after LSU’s defeat of Iowa in the women’s final.
  — Amy Bass, CNN, 4 Apr. 2023
• Despite the gains that had been made by women on the bench, Judge Kessler said that sexism continued in the courts, particularly in the ways that judges were dealing with female lawyers.
  — Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2023
• That’s a subconscious thing, the typical way sexism functions.
  — Quanta Magazine, 29 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024