Example sentences for: materialism

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

  • One is the retreat from materialism and the modern city into a monochromatic refuge of meditative calm.

  • A recent Wall Street Journal op-ed, titled "The Church of Darwin," called evolution "the main scientific prop" for a philosophy of "materialism" that denies God's existence.

  • Along with serious scholars like Michael Walzer and unserious publicists like Amitai Etzioni, Sandel criticizes "minimalist liberalism"--the tradition made most famous by John Stuart Mill--for too easily celebrating individualism and materialism at the expense of social and moral issues.

  • The rise of Falun Gong is a byproduct of China's new materialism, it said.

  • But we should worry that our materialism is making us lose our reverence for nature.


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