Example sentences for: perpetuates

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

  • ," Brent Staples' review of Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller Sr. perpetuates a few misconceptions about Standard Oil's business practices.

  • The book contains a chapter, lamentably titled "Eco-nomics," that perpetuates the oddly popular myth that conventional economic theory is constitutionally incapable of dealing with environmental problems.

  • Terry Jeffrey perpetuates an old shibboleth when he mentions Bill Clinton's "safe, legal, and rare" comment regarding abortion (see ). Jeffrey asks how we could want any good thing to be rare.

  • For example, he perpetuates the Freudian myth about vaginal vs. clitoral orgasms, and he views male sexuality as essentially dangerous.

  • In his otherwise useful and accurate analysis of the issues involving Elia Kazan's honorary Oscar, "," Jacob Weisberg perpetuates the myth that Hollywood has for decades been punishing Kazan by withholding laurels that would have been his had he not named names.


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