How to Use rat race in a Sentence

rat race

noun
  • The replies poured in — and not just from those caught up in the rat race.
    — New York Times, 18 Nov. 2021
  • But would Miller even want that rat race if any of them wanted him?
    — Kirk Bohls, Houston Chronicle, 25 Mar. 2026
  • The focus should be on wealth building, not incomes and the rat race.
    — WSJ, 10 Aug. 2021
  • Alone time can be very healthy, so check out from the usual rat race and find yourself a spot in the slow lane.
    — Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 7 Sep. 2021
  • Musk has become their poster boy for a return to the pre-pandemic norms of the rat race.
    — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 27 Dec. 2022
  • Ever dream of escaping the rat race, but feel too chained to your job or, more to the point, your salary?
    — Jon Gorey, BostonGlobe.com, 14 June 2019
  • Philley and his wife were looking to avoid the rat race and stress of life in the fourth largest city in the country.
    — David Taylor, Houston Chronicle, 30 Oct. 2019
  • Away from the rat race, the earth heals, the sun strengthens, water caresses.
    — Vogue, 30 Mar. 2022
  • In his world, both the modern rat race and its antithesis seem equally tainted.
    — Corey S Powell, Discover Magazine, 17 Feb. 2017
  • Salle Ingle is stuck in the same rat race as Kathy Ireland, and you and me, too.
    — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 30 Jan. 2018
  • And afterward, guests rested up and prepared to end the Milan rat race in style.
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 24 Feb. 2019
  • More freedom, more enjoyment of life, less scrambling in a rat race—maybe that’s the right direction.
    — Peggy Noonan, WSJ, 23 Dec. 2021
  • Dallasites do not have to travel far to find a waterside escape from the rat race.
    — Alyssa Fernandez, Dallas News, 29 July 2021
  • The whole thing about the general rat race, and people's values in life and family and work life balance.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Wired, 30 Apr. 2020
  • That’s the funny thing about the New York rat race—everybody is dying to compete and no one can win.
    — Sam Sacks, WSJ, 21 June 2019
  • Americans who’ve pulled themselves out of the rat race of the daily grind in order to live as simply as possible.
    — Andy Meek, BGR, 26 Apr. 2021
  • These anachronistic twentysomethings are proud to be the odd men and women out of the digital-recording rat race.
    — Morgan Enos, Billboard, 20 Mar. 2018
  • Tangping has emerged over the last few months as the rallying call of Chinese millennials who have had enough of the rat race.
    — Washington Post, 5 June 2021
  • Ironically enough, for me, a great way to escape the the rat race involves getting into one of another kind.
    — Rich Pope, OrlandoSentinel.com, 13 Oct. 2017
  • Some now dread resuming their soul-killing commute, or putting on an outfit for work and being judged for it, or simply re-entering the rat race.
    — Nicholas Goldberg, Star Tribune, 14 Apr. 2021
  • Fleming said her story is about self-discovery and learning that life is about more than the rat race, material items and social norms.
    — Michelle Rogers, The Enquirer, 4 June 2021
  • For the wealthy and well-connected, the rat race for selective college admissions starts in preschool, if not earlier.
    — Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2020
  • Mars is in your domestic 4th house, giving you the chance to clock out of the rat race and focus on any matters at home that might require your attention.
    — Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 22 Mar. 2022
  • These days, many of the people waiting on suburban platforms for trains into the city have swapped the daily rat race for a more flexible schedule.
    — New York Times, 28 Aug. 2021
  • The cost of excellence This educational rat race also takes a heavy toll on both students and parents.
    — Jessie Yeung, CNN, 1 July 2023
  • In a city like New York, where life is often a rat race on steroids, King stands apart because warmth, style, and artfulness abound there.
    — Kitty Greenwald, Vogue, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Then companies like Google came along and reinvented the rat race into something with purpose and, along the way, confused work with the rest of life.
    — Arielle Pardes, Wired, 24 Feb. 2020
  • Over seven years ago, Patty Kubeja moved to Kanab to get away from the rat race of living in Seattle.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Feb. 2022
  • The pandemic and the Great Resignation destabilized the idea that workers must grin and bear the rat race five days a week.
    — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2022
  • If the corporate rat race is leaving you feeling battered and bruised, the time is right to stop running on the hedonic career treadmill and follow a new path.
    — Terry Powell, Forbes, 18 May 2022

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