How to Use cult in a Sentence

cult

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  • She has developed a cult following.
  • So, this cult keeps an eye out for these kids and woos them in.
    — Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 24 Nov. 2023
  • Depp plays a young pop star in the series, while The Weeknd plays the leader of a cult.
    — Brendan Morrow, The Week, 23 May 2023
  • Flenser knows how to pick the next cult bands, and Friday’s lineup was full of them.
    — Andy O'Connor, SPIN, 27 June 2023
  • Stranger Things fan wants to talk about — the ending of the cult-classic series.
    — Carly Thomas, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Jan. 2023
  • Known for its campy, low-budget style, the show has gone on to cult status.
    — Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 25 June 2024
  • And it’s got a penchant for extremes such as the climate cult.
    — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 1 Apr. 2023
  • The Rams feel less like an NFL team and more like a cult movie waiting to happen and, in this town, that’s a good thing.
    — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2023
  • The complaint included claims that Kehlani was in a cult.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2024
  • And that TikTok group is like a bit of a cult following too.
    — Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 2 July 2024
  • Plus the Revlon one-stop styler which has a cult following, is already on sale.
    — Andrea Navarro, Glamour, 18 Sep. 2023
  • The cult’s bubble had burst: the outside world was paying attention to them for the first time.
    — Benjamin Hale, Harper's Magazine, 10 July 2023
  • Still, the cult of the Emperor won’t end, and even an often awkward film can’t end it.
    — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Travis Scott’s Days Before Rodeo is viewed as a cult classic by the masses.
    — Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 19 Aug. 2024
  • Some of the films shot in the Hill Country city are award-winners and cult classics, while others are cringy.
    — Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Dec. 2022
  • Today, those who keep faith in it have formed a kind of aggrieved mini-cult.
    — Virginia Heffernan, WIRED, 1 Mar. 2023
  • The singer is well aware of the fascination many have with the mind-set that lures people into cults.
    — James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Apr. 2023
  • However, the campy flick has since become a cult classic in the years that followed.
    — People Staff, Peoplemag, 9 Mar. 2024
  • But every cult artist (or leader) has to have a doctrine.
    — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2023
  • Because there’s the argument within that cult of thug life, like, who’s a Lo Head and who’s not?
    — Okla Jones, Essence, 14 Aug. 2023
  • The behavior has also earned a cult following on the right.
    — Annie Karni, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Sep. 2023
  • These details were apparently swept away in your paean to the Source cult.
    — Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2023
  • The film, which was never released, has a cult following through bootlegs.
    — Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2023
  • When did the party of Lincoln become a cult that wouldn’t accept the result of a fair election?
    — Gabriel Levin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The Nearly Naked franchise has been a cult favorite from its consumers, now a dress is here just in time for the summer.
    — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 3 May 2024
  • There’s a band called Magnetic Fields that has sort of a cult following.
    — Jaelani Turner-Williams, SPIN, 30 May 2024
  • Your Pout Hydrate and plump your lips all at the same time with this lip serum that has gained a cult following across TikTok.
    — Hyphensocial Contributors, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2024
  • And then there are those soundtracks to cult films, whose badness is their entire appeal.
    — Stephen Deusner, SPIN, 22 Jan. 2024
  • From demons to death cults, uncaught killers to unsolved disappearances, these genre films have proven that truth is not just stranger, but also scarier than fiction.
    — Declan Gallagher and Chris Bellamy, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Its combination of the Indigenous cult of death and ritual rites with Catholicism brought it over from Europe.
    — Janet Loehrke, USA TODAY, 28 Oct. 2024

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