How to Use sociology in a Sentence

sociology

noun
  • Then came a series of head shots, and the sociology students were told to choose between the two options.
    — Avi Selk, Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2017
  • What to do about the crisis that sociology confronts?
    — Wendy Nelson Espeland, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2026
  • What to do about the crisis that sociology confronts?
    — Wendy Nelson Espeland, Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Having a degree in hand was on the list, and Wilson earned his in sociology.
    — Andrew Turner, latimes.com, 2 July 2019
  • The couple met in sociology class and were married for 34 years.
    — Karie Angell Luc, chicagotribune.com, 17 Apr. 2018
  • Ferrell, who no longer teaches sociology full time, spends much of his days dumpster diving.
    — Christopher Cann, USA Today, 5 Dec. 2025
  • His partner, Lizeth Sanchez, was going to go back to school and study sociology.
    — Karen Kaplan Science and Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2021
  • But stranger still is that Tuberville would even mention sociology majors at all.
    — al, 29 Sep. 2020
  • What makes sociology uncomfortable for some is not a lack of rigor.
    — Carla Cox, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The general sociology of friendship still applies to the alien world that is the office.
    — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 14 May 2022
  • Carey plans to major in sociology.
    — Ryan Hughes, CBS News, 13 May 2026
  • And maybe some sociology or history teachers will just play this film and say, ‘Oh, this is a film that a guy made about our city many years ago.
    — Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Feb. 2025
  • At that time, Jasiczek was recognized for his work in the classroom as well as for starting a sociology club.
    — Katy Bergen, kansascity, 30 June 2017
  • What’s happening today in Iran, just in terms of sociology, needs to be studied.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2025
  • At that time, Jasiczek was recognized for his work in the classroom, as well as starting a sociology club.
    — Katy Bergen and Toriano Porter, kansascity.com, 23 May 2017
  • Her knowledge of sociology, as well as her ability to simply be a human being, give her the upper hand.
    — Josephine Livingstone, New Republic, 31 Oct. 2017
  • The sociology professor was also a jazz zealot with a little record collection at home.
    — Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The deaths in Chicago, by contrast, become events of sociology.
    — Lance Morrow, WSJ, 25 May 2022
  • The second is the extensive armchair sociology that the film has inspired.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Some regard sociology as a gut major that caters to lackadaisical students.
    — Wendy Nelson Espeland, Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Some regard sociology as a gut major that caters to lackadaisical students.
    — Wendy Nelson Espeland, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2026
  • The removal of sociology as a core course option was first proposed in November.
    — Hannah Natanson, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2024
  • For Chytil, the university offered to pay back the cost of a sociology course that wouldn’t apply to her new major.
    — Rachel Leingang, azcentral, 25 June 2019
  • At the time of the fire, Perkins was a sociology professor and was active in the movement for women’s suffrage.
    — Sheelah Kolhatkar, The New Yorker, 17 Sep. 2019
  • The technology, then, isn’t as tricky as the sociology and the politics.
    — Adam Rogers, Wired, 9 Nov. 2020
  • My father taught in the sociology department, and many professors, some of them well known, lived in our neighborhood.
    — Peter Hessler, New Yorker, 31 May 2026
  • Seal holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology and a master’s degree in city planning.
    — Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 11 Sep. 2025
  • This seems important to stress, since beauty, along with sociology, is what Hooper gives us in lieu of direct answers.
    — Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2024
  • The problem of assigning credit and rewards for success is a big issue in the sociology of science.
    — Frank Wilczek, WSJ, 18 Feb. 2021
  • The result is a kind of firsthand sociology, in which moviegoing is treated as an experience, of which the movie itself is only a part.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2023

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