How to Use entitlement in a Sentence

entitlement

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  • And that, again, is what the show is all about: entitlement.
    — Town & Country, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Neither party has the will to address the root cause of the debt: entitlement spending.
    — The Editors, National Review, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Children of the wealthy have often been coddled and have a sense of entitlement.
    — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2023
  • For a player just past his teens to show that entitlement at Real is unique.
    — Henry Flynn, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Haley has most openly stuck with the pre-Trump view of entitlements.
    — David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2023
  • What about a sense of entitlement, which Smith mentioned?
    — Clarence E. Hill Jr., Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Amazon’s spokesperson told Fortune that at least three of the 10 weeks staff on the 42-week contracts take off each year must come out of their PTO entitlement.
    — Chloe Taylor, Fortune, 30 May 2023
  • There tends to be a sense of entitlement with lacrosse parents, who might spend thousands of dollars per year on equipment and fees for club teams.
    — Stephen Borelli, USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2024
  • But the sense of self-importance and, yes, entitlement in his response dovetails with the film’s rollout.
    — Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2022
  • A lot of poor financial choices come from a sense of entitlement.
    — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 2 June 2023
  • Reed was dressed head to toe in denim, with pearl-snap buttons on his shirt, frayed bell-bottoms, and a tumescent air of rock star entitlement.
    — Will Hermes, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2023
  • There’s a whole new cast of characters this time (with a return from Jennifer Coolidge, thank the goddess), but the sense of entitlement is still very much the same on the pristine shores of Italy.
    — Emma Specter, Vogue, 31 Oct. 2022
  • And as great as that is as a basic First Amendment right, it’s also given way to a big portion of entitlement.
    — Ben Court, Men's Health, 22 Dec. 2022
  • The parties seem to agree on trade (hostility to); the deficit and debt (indifference to); entitlements (whistling through the graveyard); and more.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Leaders are supposed to make things right, we’re supposed to help and assist, not come from places of conceit and entitlement.
    — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Oct. 2023
  • From the beginning of her career, the public has felt a certain sense of entitlement to Britney Spears.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2023
  • In fact, parties which have nothing to do with your transaction will line up at the FCC asking for their entitlement.
    — Roslyn Layton, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2023
  • But the higher numbers in the Northeast are likely to have a bigger impact on workforces and entitlement programs in that part of the country.
    — Dante Chinni, NBC News, 4 June 2023
  • But according to the press, the problem was player behavior and their sense of entitlement.
    — Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2023
  • There must be a commitment to preparedness and excellence and the absence of a sense of entitlement.
    — Tony Safoian, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2023
  • But the disease that creeps into your program is called entitlement.
    — Tracey Harrington McCoy, Peoplemag, 10 Jan. 2023
  • So one more bit of advice: Back the ever-loving heck off this issue, this couple, this entitlement.
    — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2023
  • But with an influx of newcomers, and new money, comes a sense of entitlement, Brian said.
    — Lucas Kwan Peterson, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2023
  • This can manifest in various forms such as envy, greed and a sense of entitlement.
    — Chris Schembra, Rolling Stone, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Hi Brian, Neither your wife nor your child could be paid benefits from your record for any months prior to the first month of your benefit entitlement.
    — Laurence Kotlikoff, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2023
  • Both parties have agreed to not reform the bulk of mandatory spending: entitlements.
    — The Editors, National Review, 3 Aug. 2023
  • What’s interesting about being a nail artist in the capital city of influencers and celebrities is that you’re met with a lot of entitlement.
    — Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2022
  • The only pathway to balance the budget would involve deep entitlement and defense cuts.
    — Fox News, 10 Jan. 2023
  • That pool of unselfish, supremely talented players is becoming increasingly shallow in the era of NIL, in the era of entitlement, in the era of me.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2023
  • Assange’s cause, in my view, is just, but his vision of freedom of the press would be easier to embrace if it wasn’t bundled with a lingering sense of his own entitlement.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 3 Mar. 2023

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