Example sentences for: collective

How can you use “collective” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The chorus is presented as some sort of collective folk conscience when it lobbies Gilbert to restore the rashly cut solo ("A more humane Mikado never did in Japan exist") of the sad, fat fellow (Timothy Spall) in the title role.

  • Their collective complaint, known to every reader of The Nation , was duly recorded: Media conglomeration is bad for journalism and society.

  • Also, philosopher Amartya Sen argues that the idea of "Asian values"--collective identity, absence of individual rights--is bunkum.

  • The cover of the NYT "Book Review" (plus an inside WP "Book World" piece) is given to Philip Gourevitch's extraordinary book on the Rwanda massacres, We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will be Killed With Our Families . Gourevitch's narrative demonstrates the "collective criminality" of Rwandan Hutus--neighbors hacking neighbors to death--as well as the all-too-familiar inaction of the U.N.

  • Knowledge Management: The new department must ensure it makes maximum use of the collective body of knowledge that will be brought together in the consolidation.


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