Example sentences for: philanthropy

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

  • Many see philanthropy as no more than the grand gestures of the rich.

  • We are the leading academic institution promoting the study of philanthropy as a vital American tradition.

  • Postal Service plans to issue a philanthropy stamp next year that will depict a bee pollinating a flower and will bear the words: "Giving and Sharing: an American Tradition."

  • I had hoped we'd see a Damnable Outrage but they usually hole up in the daytime; there might be one hiding there in that patch of Philanthropy.

  • Nelson's urge to enter the public arena was partly the legacy of his father, whose Rockefeller Foundation helped create the modern science of philanthropy, though its underlying purpose was to expunge the malevolent connotations attached to the name of Rockefeller in the wake of the predations of the Standard Oil trust.


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