How to Use double standard in a Sentence

double standard

noun
  • She argued that society applies a double standard in dealing with women who commit adultery.
  • And yet, some see a double standard at work.
    — Annalisa Merelli, STAT, 2 Feb. 2026
  • This shows that there is more than a double standard at play.
    — Eugene Kontorovich, WSJ, 14 Jan. 2020
  • Sort of like a double standard.
    — Anna Giaritelli, The Washington Examiner, 20 May 2026
  • There's a double standard in a way that is not applied to men.
    — Bianca Betancourt, Harper's BAZAAR, 13 Oct. 2020
  • The bassist spoke to this instance and called it a double standard.
    — Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 23 Jan. 2023
  • That seems like a double standard to many in the cannabis business.
    — Joe Garofoli, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Apr. 2021
  • Is there a double standard for who’s allowed to evolve and who isn’t?
    — Naima Cochrane, VIBE.com, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Boy, your critics say this is a clear, clear, clear double standard.
    — Time Staff, Time, 17 Apr. 2018
  • None lost because of any double standard.
    — Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2026
  • There seemed to be a double standard in who was getting punished and who wasn’t.
    — Taryn Finley, Refinery29, 15 July 2025
  • But if remote work becomes the norm, that double standard may fade.
    — Katie Johnston, BostonGlobe.com, 9 June 2022
  • Or search for the great injustice that is the double standard.
    — SI.com, 16 May 2018
  • The sense of a double standard, once implanted, is hard to shake.
    — Mark Landler, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2022
  • Davidson called out the double standard on judgments about their ages.
    — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 27 Mar. 2019
  • The double standard of what men and women could get away with in their private lives was very much in force.
    — Nancie Clare, Los Angeles Magazine, 20 Feb. 2018
  • If ever there was an example of the double standard, this is it.
    — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 26 June 2023
  • People are right to point out that this double standard is vicious and harmful.
    — Jake Bittle, Slate Magazine, 19 Oct. 2017
  • Many are fuming at the racist double standard now set by the government.
    — Hanna Kozlowska, The New Republic, 13 Apr. 2022
  • DeLong says this is an easy way for the state to limit its costs, and a double standard.
    — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 14 Oct. 2022
  • The allegations of double standards have truth to them, to a point.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 22 June 2023
  • That double standard does women’s sports no favors.
    — Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 14 May 2026
  • My point here is not to criticize the Times' double standards.
    — Jonah Goldberg, Alaska Dispatch News, 6 Aug. 2017
  • Williams said that Bryant’s firing shows the double standard within the tech field.
    — Tat Bellamy-Walker, NBC News, 24 Aug. 2022
  • Mullin now sets up an even more impossible double standard.
    — Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, 27 June 2026
  • Clearly, there’s a double standard.
    — Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026
  • Some civil rights activists saw a racial double standard in the way the white gunman was treated.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Nov. 2021
  • Daly later says in the the recording that there is a double standard regarding the use of the racial slur.
    — Jim Ayello, The Indianapolis Star, 26 June 2020
  • Having double standards for players is a surefire way to lose the locker room.
    — Drew Vonscio, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
  • For Frost, the hurried measures were the mark of a blatant double standard.
    — Benjamin Mueller, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Nov. 2021

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