Example sentences for: perpetuated

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

  • This statement perpetuated doubts about Murdoch's attitude to the British royal family.

  • I say that he--he behaved like Al Capone in his first days in office and he and Stalin let loose their SS and NKVD killers and set up Auschwitz and perpetuated the massacre.

  • The fun and adventure of the World’s Fair are perpetuated with outdoor concerts, exhibits, and films on ecology, urban life, Canadian history, and the technology of the future.

  • In fact, such expressions may be perpetuated by others who hear the wrong version of the cliché, take it for granite, and, for all intensive purposes, use it as the genuine expression.

  • Like “sparrow grass,” “calvary” for cavalry , one of Mr. Lederer's questionable examples of Slurvian, falls midway between pure mispronunciation and misunderstood expression, perpetuated by a massive misuse.


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