How to Use entitlement in a Sentence

entitlement

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  • And that, again, is what the show is all about: entitlement.
    — Town & Country, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Part of the answer has to do with a sense of entitlement.
    — Lila MacLellan, Quartz, 21 Dec. 2020
  • For their part, Erik and Lyle are a grotesque blend of entitlement and prey.
    — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 19 Sep. 2024
  • Black high tops, had his own style and no sense of entitlement.
    — Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2022
  • There is a sense of entitlement that has caused a lack of respect for adults, peers, and our country.
    — Renata Cló, The Arizona Republic, 14 Sep. 2022
  • Neither party has the will to address the root cause of the debt: entitlement spending.
    — The Editors, National Review, 24 Oct. 2023
  • That entitlement already took a hit due to the shortage in Lake Mead this year.
    — Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 4 Aug. 2022
  • The first problem is that this is a new suburban entitlement, not aid to the needy.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 9 May 2021
  • Scottsdale should never cater to the entitlement of few, at the expense of many.
    — Sam Kmack, The Arizona Republic, 9 July 2024
  • Children of the wealthy have often been coddled and have a sense of entitlement.
    — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2023
  • The 49ers won with a style and flair that stunned the football world and infused the team’s downtrodden fan base with joy and pride — and maybe a touch of entitlement.
    — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Apr. 2021
  • The bride worked for a pretty high-profile person, and that brought an air of WASP-y entitlement, in terms of guests.
    — Katie Johnston, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Mar. 2021
  • Keep in mind: a project would still need more approvals after this entitlement phase to get a full green light.
    — Cameron Sperance, BostonGlobe.com, 10 July 2022
  • For a player just past his teens to show that entitlement at Real is unique.
    — Henry Flynn, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • The donor class wants extension of the 2017 tax cuts and entitlement reform.
    — David Faris, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Haley has most openly stuck with the pre-Trump view of entitlements.
    — David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2023
  • This is the kind of arrogant survival of the fittest entitlement that says their pleasure is worth more than your life.
    — Tony Bravo, SFChronicle.com, 15 Jan. 2021
  • But the glamor of self-destruction was part of the texture of Max’s, and so was a certain do-what-you-please entitlement.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 24 July 2022
  • The sense of entitlement that comes with the tour circus can block the rationale of what is acceptable.
    — Tim Ellis, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
  • An entitlement to make and uphold the rules, to make America great again.
    — NBC News, 10 Nov. 2021
  • What about a sense of entitlement, which Smith mentioned?
    — Clarence E. Hill Jr., Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Baird said there will be up to a year of the planning and entitlement process before construction can start.
    — Steve Brown, Dallas News, 3 Sep. 2021
  • For all the dash, swagger, and mien-oozing entitlement in The Blue Boy, the subject isn’t an aristocrat.
    — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 17 Feb. 2022
  • Even the royals are not granted that kind of entitlement.
    — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Feb. 2022
  • The episode was a shocking display of male entitlement.
    — Kara Alaimo, CNN, 18 Jan. 2022
  • The bill provides a new entitlement program for veterans who served in a combat zone in the past 32 years.
    — Kaiser Health News, oregonlive, 10 Aug. 2022
  • Amazon’s spokesperson told Fortune that at least three of the 10 weeks staff on the 42-week contracts take off each year must come out of their PTO entitlement.
    — Chloe Taylor, Fortune, 30 May 2023
  • There tends to be a sense of entitlement with lacrosse parents, who might spend thousands of dollars per year on equipment and fees for club teams.
    — Stephen Borelli, USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2024
  • The owner of the dividend certificate will be entitled to the dividends paid by Microsoft on the common share, and the appreciation certificate will represent entitlement to everything else.
    — Gene A. Grant Ii, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Cuts of that scale would likely require targeting entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare, as well as laying off hundreds of thousands of federal employees.
    — Thomas Beaumont, Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2025

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