How to Use monolith in a Sentence

monolith

noun
  • The media monolith owns a number of networks.
  • The new office building is a massive steel and concrete monolith.
  • Christians are not a monolith by any means.
    — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 23 Dec. 2025
  • The sky is velvet here, set against the hard line of the monoliths.
    — Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Again, survivors, not a monolith here.
    — NBC news, 23 Nov. 2025
  • There is no monolith, no secret base on the rim of a lunar crater.
    — Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2022
  • Ropes were then placed around the monolith, then chains, but the stubborn stone wouldn’t yield.
    — William Thornton | [email protected], al, 3 June 2020
  • The creation of the iconic monolith was a years-long process.
    — Michael Cavna, chicagotribune.com, 4 Apr. 2018
  • The movement to pare back the role of police isn't a monolith, though.
    — CNN, 17 June 2020
  • It has been said too many times over the last week, but Black voters are no monolith.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 22 Sep. 2021
  • Joe can’t think of their union like some sort of non-eroding stone, a monolith to their romance.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2021
  • The movement is not a monolith, and looks different from state to state.
    — Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic, 2 Mar. 2021
  • The sun shot right down the hallway, hitting the monolith and the stone marker.
    — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 3 Jan. 2023
  • While Latinos tend to vote for Democrats, the group is by no means a monolith.
    — Rachel Hatzipanagos, Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2019
  • The internet is not a monolith.
    — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Black womanhood is not a monolith.
    — Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Yet the Black voting bloc is hardly a monolith and has diverse views.
    — Donna M. Owens, Essence, 29 July 2021
  • This one appeared a few days after the monolith in the Utah desert was removed.
    — Brett Harman, CNN, 4 Dec. 2020
  • And maybe just understand that Black women as a whole are not monoliths.
    — Brianne Tracy, PEOPLE, 31 Jan. 2026
  • And maybe just understand that Black women as a whole are not monoliths.
    — Brianne Tracy, PEOPLE, 12 Jan. 2026
  • To be more precise a pair of Prada monolith boots, straight off the catwalk.
    — Kara Nesvig, Teen Vogue, 12 Dec. 2019
  • In some ways, the two parties form different cultures, though no group is a monolith.
    — Lisa Pavia-Higel, The Conversation, 27 May 2026
  • Read more about the first days of the monolith’s appearance in Bellvue here.
    — Tiney Ricciardi, The Denver Post, 3 July 2024
  • At its heart stands a monolith where some of Munich’s best dishes right now are plated.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
  • And on the men’s side, the Big Four monolith is breaking apart like Pangea.
    — SI.com, 16 May 2018
  • But not everyone wants, or has space for, a huge monolith of a PC in their home.
    — Harry Rabinowitz, Popular Mechanics, 8 Dec. 2022
  • Like all things that span cultures and countries, this K-fragrance wave is not a monolith.
    — Diana Tsui, Footwear News, 12 May 2026
  • Now, just as Christians aren't a monolith, neither are the Nones.
    — Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Fidel is dead, his ashes tucked away in a monolith that looks like a prop from the Flintstones movie.
    — Carlos Eire, National Review, 14 July 2021
  • Sometimes people can write Black people as a monolith.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 29 Apr. 2026

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