How to Use sociopath in a Sentence

sociopath

noun
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  • Worse, not a single sociopath banker went to jail or even lost a bonus on his watch.
    — D. Roger Pederson, Star Tribune, 18 July 2021
  • But the old friends soon run into a coke-snorting pair of rich sociopaths who do.
    — Lincoln Michel, GQ, 19 May 2018
  • And that’s what Keith Raniere is, a psychopath or a sociopath.
    — Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2021
  • This is not just a handful of sociopaths living out a 4chan meme.
    — Henry Grabar, Slate Magazine, 14 Aug. 2017
  • Over the last two months, the podcast has seemed less like distinct episodes than chapters in the story of a sociopath.
    — Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2018
  • Even though Dan did turn out to be a sociopath in running a gossip site about all his friends, Joe is the more complex role.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 30 Aug. 2021
  • Camille is texting Emily to ask if she’s seen Gabriel, and Emily, a sociopath, is just like, Nope!
    — Jessica Goldstein, Vulture, 22 Dec. 2021
  • For only one sociopath to hold a seat in Congress is notable.
    — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 6 Apr. 2022
  • Woods has been called the ringleader and a sociopath by his old nemesis, the sheriff of Madera County where the school bus was hijacked.
    — George Osterkamp, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2019
  • She was flattened onto the pavement into obscurity by the sociopath in the nice dress, the press, and the law.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2023
  • That is what the sociopath experience is almost all the time.
    — David Marchese Photo Illustration By Bráulio Amado, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2024
  • During the trial, my husband’s lawyer called her a sociopath.
    — New York Times, 29 Oct. 2019
  • Other plots include Bex and Rufus (snooze) and hints that Jenny may very well be a sociopath.
    — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 19 Sep. 2018
  • Stephen Dorff, who is such a good actor, plays Ketchum as a stone sociopath with a broad condescending grin.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 7 Sep. 2021
  • What kind of person is willing to run away with a sociopath forever?
    — Jessica Goldstein, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2021
  • Early settlers could well turn out to be sociopaths or outlaws.
    — The Economist, 22 Feb. 2018
  • Reese Witherspoon is a fellow southern blonde who plays a great type-A sociopath, if a little young for this role.
    — Emma Dibdin, Esquire, 19 Jan. 2018
  • But the reckless talk of our sociopath-in-chief can’t be so easily dismissed anymore.
    — Ed Burmila, The New Republic, 13 June 2019
  • Viktoria, people who don't care for you have called you a sociopath, a psychopath … a devil.
    — Peter Van Sant july 7, CBS News, 7 July 2018
  • There are and have been sociopaths and pedophiles in all cultures, in all communities.
    — Author: Chantelle Pence, Alaska Dispatch News, 30 July 2017
  • Is Strangis really a ‘sociopath’ who abused Melngailis and stole from her restaurant?
    — Paul Schrodt, Men's Health, 17 Mar. 2022
  • Enter the player, who — in classic RPG style — can become a hero, villain, or sociopath.
    — Time, 11 June 2019
  • Many years after playing this role in the film, Trintignant lost his real-life daughter, Marie, at the hands of a violent sociopath.
    — Michael Washburn, National Review, 26 Sep. 2020
  • Young-Do, who serves as a consultant for the police, is working on a profile of the killer and the sociopath who wants to date his upstairs neighbor might fit that profile.
    — Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 6 July 2021
  • Stir in a spookily resilient murderous sociopath, and things get, as the phrase goes, action-packed.
    — Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2023
  • The dark comedy asks the question: What if superheroes were sociopaths?
    — Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 16 May 2024
  • And nobody but a sociopath could possibly be against a plan to bring Lincoln Center’s music out onto the plaza.
    — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 16 Apr. 2021
  • In a letter to Brown, Edens described him as a sociopath and manipulative child rapist.
    — oregonlive, 1 Nov. 2022
  • Chris Hondros | Getty Images He was disturbed by press reports that called him a sociopath.
    — Annie Nova, CNBC, 28 July 2024
  • The script will paint a harrowing portrait of hubris against the neon greed of the era, where insatiable ambition turns a former football star into a SoCal sociopath.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 13 June 2024

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