How to Use societal in a Sentence

societal

adjective

• The last time a gadget raised these sorts of societal questions was in 2013 with Google Glass.
  — Geoffrey A. Fowler, Washington Post, 30 Jan. 2024
• Vance said the issue is a societal one that has been ingrained for at least 50 years.
  — Breccan F. Thies, Washington Examiner, 6 Oct. 2023
• The third looks at the tumbling global birthrate and hard societal choices ahead.
  — Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Apr. 2024
• Goldfarb: Julia was a great way to talk about all these societal changes taking place in the ’60s.
  — Pat Saperstein, Variety, 21 Dec. 2023
• But like many a flip statement that strikes a deep societal nerve, the toast comment took off for a reason.
  — Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2024
• This will not solve any of the economic and societal problems that this study outlines.
  — Mira Cheng, CNN, 20 Mar. 2024
• There is no hiding from the societal shame of Pecola’s story.
  — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2023
• The societal make-up of Sweden has changed dramatically since the City Hall was built 100 years ago.
  — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 14 Nov. 2023
• There’s a whole host of societal and economic forces that conspire to maintain the status quo.
  — James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Mar. 2023
• Tea eventually spread to the societal elite, and finally to the masses.
  — Megan Zhang, Saveur, 13 Sep. 2023
• The film is a realistic portrayal of troubles that people faced at the time, and also highlights the societal flaws of casteism.
  — Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 26 Mar. 2023
• Chinese women attribute this to societal norms that expect young men to own a home or have made a down payment before tying the knot.
  — Monica Liu, The Conversation, 4 Oct. 2023
• While many love to break societal norms and partake in the festivities, some are skeptical of the tradition.
  — Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 23 Feb. 2024
• In a world where men are wrestling with societal expectations, Ferebee's story serves as a beacon of hope.
  — Jon Stogan, USA TODAY, 30 May 2023
• Altman and his team say that working and releasing cutting-edge products is the way to address societal risks.
  — Steven Levy, WIRED, 5 Sep. 2023
• The public response, in keeping with the larger societal trend toward denial about the colonial past, was muted.
  — Jocelyn C. Zuckerman, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Apr. 2023
• Dive deep into the details of specific problems; do not try to conquer the biggest societal problems at first.
  — Rob Lake, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2023
• Less common, though on the rise in urban school districts across the country, are the union’s proposals that center on larger societal problems.
  — oregonlive, 1 Sep. 2023
• The cost of loneliness Like most teens, Matthew Hernandez, 17, has come of age during the onslaught of social media, a seismic societal shift.
  — Myah Taylor, Dallas News, 30 May 2023
• Some argued that a fence would do nothing to address homelessness and other societal ills.
  — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2023
• For many couples, the debt that might come with a big wedding just isn’t worth it—feeding into a societal shift that means one in four American 40-year-olds have never married.
  — Chloe Taylor, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2023
• The societal decay of our cities is the result of progressive policies, including efforts to defund the police.
  — WSJ, 24 July 2023
• People have been able to justify the opulence and societal hero complex of the Valley because of the vague promise that life would improve as a result of giving them that space.
  — Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 1 Apr. 2023
• In the United States and beyond, declining birthrates are triggering societal shifts.
  — Riley Robinson, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Mar. 2024
• As theaters started opening back up, the crew questioned whether audiences would show up for a hefty drama about societal reform.
  — Antonio Ferme, Variety, 26 Feb. 2023
• As with any societal disruptor, there will be commercial winners and losers.
  — Robert Goulder, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
• These standards have curbed a host of societal ills, from mass shootings to cancer, and ensured population control in the face of dwindling resources and climate change.
  — Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2023
• The societal rifts built and grown by social media bedevils HOAs (and governments and even families).
  — Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Dec. 2023
• But in horror movies, there’s often this notion of otherness — of the monster existing outside of societal norms.
  — Josh Ocampo, New York Times, 29 Oct. 2023
• The mobile app’s 150 million users in the U.S. and the strength of its content-recommendation engine mean any infraction is viewed as a potential societal threat.
  — Anna Edgerton and Alex Barinka Bloomberg News (tns), al, 22 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024