How to Use consumerism in a Sentence

consumerism

noun
  • His lawyers stressed that the work is a metaphor for consumerism.
    — Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Feb. 2023
  • To help you, follow these four rules for no-regrets consumerism.
    — Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2023
  • And consumerism spurs providers to act more like competitors.
    — WSJ, 11 Apr. 2017
  • Though rooted in self-love, these trends can blur the line between care and consumerism.
    — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Odell suggests a slowing down that has nothing to do with consumerism.
    — Hazlitt, 8 Mar. 2023
  • The stunt, meant as a critique of empty consumerism, only added to the hype.
    — Ryan Hogg, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2024
  • Sober bars are popping up all over the country in the face of health-conscious consumerism.
    — Grace Connatser, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 Aug. 2019
  • Both projects took a jab at consumerism and spoofed larger entities.
    — Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Maybe the Labumovie can be about the scarcity mind-set and consumerism.
    — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025
  • Sometimes, socialists present it as proof of the evils of consumerism.
    — Nic Rowan, National Review, 29 May 2021
  • Cohen skewered consumerism with a story inspired by the rise of junk food.
    — Jake Coyle, The Seattle Times, 25 Mar. 2019
  • This was the very secret to consumerism working in a savvy, self-conscious culture.
    — Dana Spiotta, Vogue, 20 Apr. 2021
  • There’s nothing like consumerism to get people fired up about saving the planet.
    — Heather Hansman, Outside Online, 6 Jan. 2022
  • Your image for the cover is a gentle critique of consumerism.
    — Françoise Mouly, The New Yorker, 6 June 2022
  • This makes producing more clothing and consumerism a harder thing to fight.
    — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 2 Jan. 2024
  • Her version of conscious consumerism.
    — Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The song is kind of a warning about the consumerism and idol worshipping of society.
    — Billboard Japan, Billboard, 1 Feb. 2025
  • That consumerism could still have pull, even for the undead, is pretty hilarious in its own right.
    — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2024
  • A lot of your recent work is sort of dystopian, with a heavy dose of political satire and satire of consumerism.
    — Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2022
  • Indeed, consumerism can easily turn our hearts from the true meaning of the season.
    — Atlanta Life, ajc, 10 Nov. 2017
  • The idea of consumerism being tied to our emotions is as American as apple pie.
    — Zoe Christen Jones, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2021
  • The rise of fast fashion (fueled by the rise of consumerism) has given way to massive amounts of pollution and waste.
    — refinery29.com, 31 Mar. 2020
  • The rise of fast fashion (fuelled by the rise of consumerism) has given way to massive amounts of pollution and waste.
    — refinery29.com, 19 Oct. 2021
  • As in the novel, love and death, consumerism and chemicals, a sense of home and a sense of horror are woven throughout.
    — Josh Zajdman, Town & Country, 30 Dec. 2022
  • The post angered social media users in Korea, who blamed the trend on the fear of missing out on consumerism.
    — Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 30 June 2023
  • If any of the hand-wringers really wanted to sever Christmas from consumerism, now would be the time.
    — Amanda Mull, The Atlantic, 23 Nov. 2020
  • Billboards strike me as an obvious metonym for our rampant consumerism, but maybe that, too, is only half the picture.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 6 May 2026
  • Others were less willing to forgo the fruits of 1960s consumerism.
    — Richard Norton Smith, WSJ, 26 July 2018
  • The memoir serves as a charming and brilliant meditation on trash, consumerism and class.
    — Michael Schaub, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
  • But the Princess Closet is not just a narcissistic ode to consumerism.
    — Rory Satran, WSJ, 3 Oct. 2020

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