How to Use society in a Sentence

society

noun
  • We need to do more to help the poorer members of our society.
  • Poverty hurts society as a whole.
  • She was introduced to society at a formal reception.
  • My first goal is not to make a point about society.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 30 May 2026
  • There was good and evil in all societies.
    — Literary Hub, 11 June 2026
  • But what about our societies now?
    — Clem Chambers, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026
  • And what might that mean for our society in the coming decades?
    — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 21 Aug. 2022
  • In an insane society, this is a project of years, not weeks.
    — Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026
  • About how society has changed since Covid.
    — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 6 Mar. 2026
  • All this stress comes along at a time when parts of our society were already at risk.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 22 May 2020
  • Palmer learned why health care is a vital piece of society and helps keep troops ready.
    — Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News, 30 May 2022
  • This is an achievement of a whole society.
    — Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The society wants to boost that to 12%.
    — CBS News, 19 Mar. 2026
  • This stat alone is proof of the no-win norm that we, as a society, have been groomed to abide by.
    — Jessica Teich, Good Housekeeping, 23 Jan. 2021
  • To live in an open society is to live with a very small, but nonzero, amount of risk.
    — Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Not used enough in today’s society, more’s the pity.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
  • But even those on the margins of the society need someone to talk to.
    — Marta Balaga, Variety, 20 Feb. 2026
  • After all, this is a society made by man and man often falls short.
    — Randy Blaser, chicagotribune.com, 20 Oct. 2017
  • My late parents did not have the good fortune to come of age in a free society.
    — Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2019
  • His refusal to play by society’s old rules gave him a new form of power.
    — Abby McCloskey, Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Then, the last part is, how does that benefit us as a society?
    — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Apr. 2023
  • As weed’s role in society has morphed, so has its part in pop culture.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 20 Apr. 2026
  • There is no place for hatred within our union, or our society.
    — Wendy Lee, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2019
  • There is no place for violence or hate in our society.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 12 Sep. 2025
  • But, like, people and society as a whole starts to figure this stuff out.
    — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Many of them seem to disappear from society and give up.
    — Mark Mitchell, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026
  • This was the first step in a fight of many years to achieve justice and build a civil society.
    — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Sep. 2022
  • Mothers are both revered and sort of ignored in society.
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 15 Oct. 2025
  • But the key is that wise societies weigh costs against benefits.
    — New Atlas, 15 Feb. 2026
  • What has become of our society?
    — Jeanne Phillips, Dallas Morning News, 8 Apr. 2026

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