How to Use prejudice in a Sentence

prejudice

1 of 2 noun
Definition of prejudicenext
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  • He has a prejudice against fast-food restaurants.
  • We tend to make these kinds of decisions according to our own prejudices.
  • The organization fights against racial prejudice.
  • But the pains of prejudice persist to this day — in the church and the wider culture.
    — David Noyce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Sep. 2022
  • The risk of unfair prejudice was too great, the court said.
    — Fox News, 10 May 2021
  • Under the law, a claim of prejudice against the judge must be made.
    — Megan Crepeau, chicagotribune.com, 13 July 2017
  • Thanks to all that fought for this, braving the worst sort of prejudice.
    — Dom Calicchio, Fox News, 6 Sep. 2018
  • The young priest doesn’t show any such prejudice at first.
    — Peter Debruge, Variety, 24 May 2022
  • If the state can't find the lawyers, the charges should all be dismissed with prejudice, the lawsuit says.
    — Bruce Vielmetti, Journal Sentinel, 24 Aug. 2022
  • There is no room in this world for any kind of prejudice.
    — Dave Itzkoff, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2017
  • But that's only one of the food prejudices Chang has his eye on.
    — Luke Darby, GQ, 3 May 2018
  • All the good feeling, and all the prejudice, was on Bogie’s side.
    — Andrew O’Hagan, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2023
  • There was a lot of prejudice, a lot of no-nos, a lot of barriers to break.
    — Jon Pareles, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Her dismissal with prejudice means the case is over for good.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2024
  • And the question of racial prejudice is very powerful in the film.
    — John Williams, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2018
  • The case was dismissed with prejudice on Dec. 26, per the 10-K filing.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Russia and the native prejudices of the deplorables get some of it as well.
    — Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 13 Feb. 2018
  • But the deep well of prejudice against black hair is just beginning to be drained.
    — Marina Lopes, Washington Post, 19 June 2018
  • The suit was dismissed with prejudice, which means Moore cannot refile the suit.
    — Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al, 13 July 2021
  • If this isn't proof that hate and prejudice is something that is taught I don't know what is.
    — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 2 Mar. 2017
  • Think about who gets which jobs: A good boss is aware of the risk of unconscious prejudice.
    — Marie Claire, 6 Feb. 2018
  • The case was about to go to trial when the state sought to dismiss Ruiz's case without prejudice on March 6.
    — Elena Santa Cruz, The Arizona Republic, 18 Mar. 2023
  • Some of the early posters harnessed the power of prejudice.
    — Wendy Melillo, The Conversation, 19 July 2019
  • The charges were dismissed with prejudice, meaning they can't be brought back to court.
    — Emma Austin, The Courier-Journal, 4 Nov. 2020
  • Such good humor is a salve to the novel’s abiding tragedy of loss and prejudice.
    — Ron Charles, Washington Post, 6 June 2023
  • The quit was dismissed with prejudice, which means Jarosik will not be able to refile.
    — Sydney Scott, Essence.com, 26 Apr. 2018
  • As part of the settlement, all claims will be dismissed with prejudice, the city said.
    — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2021
  • Again, this is not to compare this damage to the life-long impact of racial prejudice.
    — Elizabeth Hernandez, The Denver Post, 19 Sep. 2019
  • And the oldest and most entrenched prejudice was against women and their work.
    — Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 28 July 2021
  • The case has now been dismissed with prejudice, so it can't be refiled.
    — Brendan Morrow, The Week, 29 July 2022
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prejudice

2 of 2 verb
  • Or will fear and prejudice once again tear the world apart?
    — Matt Miller, Esquire, 24 Jan. 2018
  • For those reasons, the court ruled, the errors didn't prejudice Hammonds.
    — Ivana Hrynkiw, AL.com, 4 Nov. 2017
  • The records also would prejudice Christian's right to a fair trial, Scholl said.
    — Maxine Bernstein, OregonLive.com, 20 Oct. 2017
  • Is the Hall of Fame prejudiced, or was baseball prejudiced and racist?
    — Josh Rottenberg, latimes.com, 19 Apr. 2018
  • The justices agreed that the removal of juror No. 5 was unfounded and had prejudiced the outcome of the case.
    — Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2023
  • To them, this is a matter of being fair and not being prejudiced against either side.
    — Aaron Blake, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2017
  • In recent days, Trump has had new ammunition to support his claims that the Mueller probe is prejudiced against him.
    — Stephen Collinson, CNN, 9 Dec. 2017
  • Truth speaks for itself, and there has never been any question in my mind that the Red Sox management is prejudiced.
    — Sridhar Pappu, SI.com, 5 Oct. 2017
  • Now, whether that prejudices them one way or the other in the investigation remains to be seen.
    — Peter Nicholas, WSJ, 21 July 2017
  • Many unions were prejudiced against letting in black people.
    — Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 29 July 2019
  • Once charges have been brought, British media law prohibits any reporting about the case that might prejudice a trial.
    — Kimiko De Freytas-Tamura, New York Times, 18 June 2016
  • Most defendants wear civilian clothes so the jury won't be prejudiced against them.
    — CBS News, 10 Sep. 2019
  • With that in mind, the league and team might not want to risk prejudicing Williams’s criminal case by disciplining her for an unproven charge.
    — Michael McCann, SI.com, 15 July 2019
  • Gillen and Sadow said the speech was designed to prejudice potential jurors against the defendants.
    — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2024
  • However, earlier this month, a Tennessee judge ruled that Hall failed to prove the juror was prejudiced against him.
    — Fox News, 4 Dec. 2019
  • Merin argued that naming him as the property owner would distract the jury, and could prejudice jurors one way or the other.
    — Cynthia Hubert, sacbee, 23 Oct. 2017
  • Emails this week in response to that column included a couple of readers who wanted me to point out that black people can be prejudiced, too.
    — Jerry Large, The Seattle Times, 20 Sep. 2017
  • Ehlke agreed with Cook's attorneys that the charges by the women should be tried separately to avoid prejudicing jurors against Cook.
    — Karen Herzog, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 Feb. 2018
  • The protections were gutted by a 2013 Supreme Court ruling that opened the way for a raft of current efforts to prejudice the rights of minority voters.
    — Stephen Collinson, CNN, 2 June 2021
  • This is the kind of demagoguery that could prejudice a prosecution, or mobilize a mob.
    — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 2 Apr. 2012
  • These people can’t or won’t stop trying to prejudice their children against their former partner.
    — Barbara Bradley Hagerty, The Atlantic, 24 Nov. 2020
  • But Crist argued that Martinez’s actions didn't prejudice the jury and were not a reason to reverse the conviction.
    — Anne Ryman, azcentral, 17 Oct. 2019
  • Evelio Grillo, the son of Afro-Cuban cigar makers, writes about overcoming his own family’s fear of and prejudice against Black people.
    — Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2021
  • The United States has denied prejudicing the final status of Jerusalem.
    — Mohammed Daraghmeh, The Seattle Times, 28 May 2018
  • But during trial, he's allowed to wear normal clothes to avoid prejudicing the jury against him.
    — Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 7 Mar. 2024
  • All of that will prejudice Johnson’s ability to receive a fair trial and mount a defense, his attorneys said.
    — Amy Lavalley, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2023
  • What truly paved the way for Trump is the long history of Republican pandering to prejudice.
    — Jeet Heer, The New Republic, 4 June 2018
  • He wasn’t prejudiced against white people or anybody else, his friend testified.
    — Monivette Cordeiro, orlandosentinel.com, 6 Nov. 2019
  • In a few words Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.
    — National Geographic, 21 Jan. 2020
  • Maryland’s highest court, its Court of Appeals, agreed in a 4-3 decision that the lawyer’s work had been deficient but said Syed had not been prejudiced given the other evidence in the case.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 26 Nov. 2019

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