How to Use privilege in a Sentence

privilege

1 of 2 noun
Definition of privilegenext
Synonyms for privilegenext
  • He lived a life of wealth and privilege.
  • Good health care should be a right and not a privilege.
  • We had the privilege of being invited to the party.
  • I had the privilege of knowing your grandfather.
  • And for the privilege of opening their arms to the world.
    — John Archibald | Jarchibald@al.com, al, 17 July 2022
  • And it's been a privilege to work with you on the hits and the misses.
    — Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 5 Dec. 2022
  • So that is a privilege of ours to be able not to do that.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 19 May 2021
  • And to be quite a big part of it is an honor and a privilege.
    — Doug Ferguson, BostonGlobe.com, 17 July 2019
  • Evans was to pay Marsh for the privilege of sharing the post.
    — TIME, 6 Feb. 2024
  • And that, in and of itself, would be enough to be a privilege.
    — Veronica Wells, Essence, 18 Apr. 2022
  • Michael, thank you for the privilege of being with you.
    — CBS News, 4 Nov. 2020
  • But the two were grown in the same petri dish of power, prep school and privilege.
    — Howard Fineman, Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2000
  • So far, the arbiters of the term have been white men of privilege, but so what?
    — refinery29.com, 3 July 2018
  • Not many artists have the privilege of being able to say they’ve been part of this.
    — Hanaa’ Tameez, star-telegram, 23 May 2018
  • He was born into wealth and privilege but heard a calling to serve the poor.
    — Sig Christenson, ExpressNews.com, 5 Oct. 2020
  • Chris will be deeply missed by all who had the privilege of knowing him.
    — Hartford Courant, courant.com, 29 May 2018
  • Fans are dying to know who had the honor, the privilege.
    — Victoria Rodriguez, Seventeen, 11 June 2018
  • She will be deeply missed by all who had the privilege of meeting her.
    — courant.com, 3 Dec. 2019
  • That’s the guy Brissett had the privilege to watch work day in and day out.
    — Stephen Holder, Indianapolis Star, 29 Sep. 2017
  • Does the Wives’ privilege protect them enough to run around with the guards?
    — Elena Nicolaou, refinery29.com, 5 July 2019
  • But there is no such privilege for the Cougars, not this week.
    — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Nov. 2020
  • Neither one did and were paid by the Dodgers for that privilege.
    — Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2021
  • But to be part of something like this is such an honor and a privilege.
    — Clark Collis, EW.com, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Still, the right to vote remained a white, male privilege for decades.
    — Brittny Mejiastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2022
  • To me, the least that people with privilege can be doing...
    — Justin Phillips, SFChronicle.com, 17 Aug. 2020
  • Some cafés charged waiters a fee for the privilege of working there.
    — Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
  • Now, that privilege can change in the moment of a traffic stop….
    — Lane Florsheim, WSJ, 6 Oct. 2021
  • That privilege is reserved in state law for liquor stores.
    — Robert King, Indianapolis Star, 28 Feb. 2018
  • What a privilege to be able to play the cello at such a wonderful event.
    — Josh Duboff, Vanities, 24 Apr. 2018
  • To be in a position to make that bet is a privilege many countries do not have.
    — Washington Post, 22 July 2021
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privilege

2 of 2 verb
  • The new tax laws unfairly privilege the rich.
  • We are privileged as a congregation to open our doors to the stranger.
    — Washington Post, 28 June 2018
  • That system has evolved to privilege a certain kind of movie.
    — Adam Rogers, WIRED, 6 July 2017
  • And in a few days, Avila won’t be privileged with the same view.
    — Anthony Fenech, Detroit Free Press, 27 Mar. 2018
  • This has privileged longer shows—the more looks, the more potential page views.
    — Nicole Phelps, Vogue, 11 Mar. 2019
  • Issues not typically felt by those privileged enough to be in the room!
    — Alida Draudt, Slate Magazine, 29 Sep. 2017
  • The championing of free speech must not privilege any immutable notion of the truth to the exclusion of others.
    — chicagotribune.com, 12 Oct. 2017
  • This is a hotel that privileges the senses—taste itself, in all meanings of the word.
    — Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Nov. 2023
  • All of those factors played a role here and will privilege a moribund industry at the expense of one that is growing.
    — David Segal, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2018
  • More broadly, there is a tendency in our culture to privilege the future over the past.
    — Matt Fitzgerald, Outside Online, 1 Feb. 2021
  • Those who breathed it were privileged, but any dreamland could become a nightmare.
    — Tara Knight, The Root, 13 May 2018
  • And their rules often privilege those already in power.
    — T.c. Sottek, The Verge, 7 Jan. 2021
  • In effect, then, the plan is to privilege one energy source over another.
    — Chris Mooney, Discover Magazine, 12 Feb. 2011
  • His wealth, his fortune, and his fame should not privilege him nor protect him from being met with the sternest punishment that there is.
    — Stacey Leasca, Glamour, 28 Apr. 2018
  • We have been privileged with a good education system and role models.
    — Linda Girardi, Aurora Beacon-News, 4 July 2017
  • Johnson, now a ticket taker, feels privileged to have worked so long in Detroit.
    — Curtis Rush, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2017
  • Maybe you are especially privileged with a boss who will encourage her entire staff to attend.
    — Helen Ubiñas, Philly.com, 24 May 2018
  • So, my fellow folks privileged enough to be able to work from home during this crisis, below are some picks in a bunch of that might make working from home more bearable.
    — Julian Chokkattu, Wired, 3 Apr. 2020
  • That group, known as a taint team, would then do their own review of the remaining materials to determine which were privileged.
    — Alan Feuer, New York Times, 26 June 2018
  • The museums privileged historic art, and LA had few galleries.
    — Catherine G. Wagley, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The Senate’s rules privilege the majority, which controls the agenda and floor time.
    — Ben Sasse, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2020
  • Such a solution would need to privilege public interests, not just public awards.
    — Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2014
  • The company had said the documents produced by that probe, sought by the SFO, were privileged.
    — Samuel Rubenfeld, WSJ, 6 Sep. 2018
  • Comey makes the same error as Sanders by privileging Trump’s narrative.
    — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 25 Sep. 2019
  • There is also, of course, no guarantee that the applicant taking the legacy’s spot is not also privileged.
    — Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2019
  • Their observation is that this talent is hungry and feels privileged when they are given major tasks at very stages, and become part of the core team of a startup within three to four years.
    — Nisha Ramchandani, Quartz India, 20 Sep. 2019
  • These privileged, professional women manage the challenges of modern life, then hold up their success as proof that the system works.
    — Moira Weigel, The New Yorker, 6 May 2017
  • This gave Dr Wang privileged insights into the most promising new technologies.
    — Calum Chace, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Hunt would not respond, saying the conversations are privileged.
    — Edmund H. Mahony, courant.com, 7 Mar. 2018
  • During that process, attorneys from both sides of the case will be able to object to certain documents being labeled as privileged or not privileged.
    — Kara Scannell, CNN, 7 June 2018

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