How to Use perpetuate in a Sentence

perpetuate

verb
  • He perpetuates the myth that his house is haunted.
  • Fears about an epidemic are being perpetuated by the media.
  • So is there a way to kind of perpetuate it within a loose framework?
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2021
  • The dam can grow as it is fed by more liquid above it, and the problem perpetuates.
    — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Jan. 2024
  • First, lets look at some of the key reasons that perpetuate a cycle of hunger.
    — Cindy Gordon, Forbes, 7 June 2021
  • The media was, in a sense, used to perpetuate the fraud that's been alleged.
    — Sara Ashley O'Brien, CNN, 1 Oct. 2021
  • Sure, our fear of ghosts has been perpetuated by horror movie tropes.
    — Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 19 June 2018
  • The slumps, which used to drive him crazy, which only perpetuated them, will come.
    — Kevin Acee, sandiegouniontribune.com, 5 July 2018
  • Vote, get these folks out of office who perpetuate this system.
    — NBC News, 4 June 2020
  • The prize is to find young judges, in order to perpetuate their rule for as long as possible.
    — Fareed Zakaria, CNN, 1 Oct. 2022
  • But those who perpetuate these evils are betting that the rest of the world will avert their eyes, move on, and forget.
    — Jim Geraghty, National Review, 28 Dec. 2023
  • Wind disperses seeds from some plants to perpetuate the species.
    — Sheryl De Vore, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026
  • If this can't happen, the least a straight actor can do is try not to perpetuate tired stereotypes.
    — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 10 Dec. 2020
  • The lies that she's helped perpetuate don't have a 9-to-5 schedule.
    — Mattie Kahn, Glamour, 26 June 2018
  • That’s not progress; that’s just perpetuating the same cycle that keeps women down in the first place.
    — Michelle Ruiz, Vogue, 14 Mar. 2018
  • Is there a danger of perpetuating a stereotype by adding a book title like this to the world?
    — Nicholas Frankovich, National Review, 5 Nov. 2019
  • This doesn’t at all track with the new reports that seem to perpetuate the idea that the two never got along and never will.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 28 Nov. 2025
  • Some of it is made up, sure, and perpetuated by those of us keeping the rivalry alive.
    — Florence Ion, PC Magazine, 12 June 2026
  • The system itself is slow to adapt and too good at perpetuating the status quo.
    — Gov. Butch Otter, idahostatesman, 8 Jan. 2018
  • Rather, the price of admission to the reform debate has been a pledge to perpetuate it.
    — Charles Lane, Twin Cities, 11 Sep. 2019
  • There’s a theory about dogs and our concept of time that humans like to perpetuate.
    — Tony Nitti, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2022
  • Even worse, studies show that a lack of broadband can perpetuate the cycle of poverty.
    — Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Go ahead and keep starting Jakob Poeltl every now and then to help perpetuate the ruse.
    — Mike Finger, ExpressNews.com, 19 Oct. 2019
  • For a bobsled, one tiny pockmark can cause a sled to bounce, perpetuating the problem.
    — Maya Wei-Haas, Smithsonian, 1 Feb. 2018
  • But Wednesday’s Game 7 can wash all that away – or perpetuate the pain.
    — Erik Brady, USA TODAY, 23 May 2018
  • Riley’s experiments with in-your-face rhyme are part of that drive to perpetuate love.
    — Clair Wills, The New York Review of Books, 3 Nov. 2020
  • Bloomberg isn’t identifying the sites or forums so as not to perpetuate false claims.
    — al, 28 Apr. 2022
  • And the move to Hockey East might have perpetuated that as well.
    — George Sipple, Detroit Free Press, 6 Apr. 2018
  • Why perpetuate this problem in city parks — our best refuges from the danger, noise and congestion of city streets?
    — Jon Orcutt, New York Daily News, 14 Mar. 2026
  • And that's so isolating and that just perpetuates the problem.
    — Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 20 May 2024

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