How to Use zeitgeist in a Sentence

zeitgeist

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  • His songs perfectly captured the zeitgeist of 1960s America.
  • At the same time, the ad’s narrative captures the zeitgeist of the times.
    — Cassie Werber, Quartz, 16 Jan. 2023
  • Don’t mistake this decade’s poll for a mere shift in the zeitgeist.
    — Armond White, National Review, 7 Dec. 2022
  • De Waal’s own work with chimpanzees in the 1980s loaned the term alpha male to the zeitgeist.
    — Rebecca Giggs, The Atlantic, 6 May 2022
  • The dark side of corporate office life seem to be in the zeitgeist.
    — Seija Rankin, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 June 2022
  • With Baz Luhrmann's biopic hitting theaters, the king of rock 'n' roll is back in the zeitgeist.
    — Marykate Boylan, Town & Country, 3 July 2022
  • And bubble hems are the latest trend to reach 2023’s style zeitgeist.
    — Frances Solá-Santiago, refinery29.com, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Most of the stuff that’s happening is not the mainstream zeitgeist at all.
    — Sumeet Kulkarni, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2022
  • In short: The idea of ethics reform for the high court has penetrated the zeitgeist.
    — Simon Lazarus, The New Republic, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The stories at Netflix are second-to-none, and brands are eager to be a part of that zeitgeist.
    — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Oct. 2023
  • In the wake of the pandemic and in the midst of the Great Resignation, nightlife has bounced back with a vengeance, and rave culture is in the zeitgeist.
    — Cassidy George, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2022
  • The simplest reason seems to be that podcasts — as Rosenthal notes — are part of the zeitgeist.
    — Randee Dawn, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2022
  • The result wasn’t just success—the brand quickly entered the zeitgeist.
    — Rachel Chang, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Sep. 2023
  • And anything gay in the zeitgeist has the potential to become politicized, then and now.
    — Dan Heching, CNN, 16 July 2023
  • Forty years ago, a series with an on-the-rise soap actor and a campy premise barreled into the zeitgeist.
    — Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Oct. 2022
  • There was just something in the zeitgeist that people were craving.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 5 May 2022
  • The bleak statistic that half of marriages end in divorce has been in the zeitgeist for so long now that it’s become a punch line.
    — Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Swift and Kelce have captured the media zeitgeist in recent weeks.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 4 Oct. 2023
  • The show captured a time in the TV zeitgeist that is nearly impossible to find these days.
    — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 23 May 2022
  • Other facets of the Gen Alpha zeitgeist are more extreme.
    — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Body standards are still very much part of today's zeitgeist.
    — Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 15 Nov. 2022
  • Horror movies tend to reflect the zeitgeist of the moment: the slang, the soundtrack, various evanescent trends in hair and footwear.
    — Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 12 Aug. 2022
  • The costume wasn't the first time this year that Anderson, 55, and Lee, 60, saw their former likeness return to the zeitgeist.
    — Glenn Garner, Peoplemag, 29 Oct. 2022
  • The yawn-tonomous, sub-200-mile offerings are out of the zeitgeist, and vibrant new entries are popping up all over.
    — Austin Irwin, Car and Driver, 17 Jan. 2023
  • But the film that may have best tapped into the zeitgeist didn’t score a best picture nomination.
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Now is about what to wear for the difference facets of life from new takes on color, to the film that's in the zeitgeist (again), and a skirt silhouette that is sure to be all the rage.
    — Kerry Pieri, Harper's BAZAAR, 19 Sep. 2022
  • Since his first posts on Snapchat, in 2015, Khaled has tapped into the zeitgeist by simply being himself.
    — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 7 Nov. 2023
  • The ads also offer a window into the business zeitgeist of the moment.
    — Alan Murray, Fortune, 13 Feb. 2023
  • There are things that are in the zeitgeist, and people who are magazine writers see all the elements.
    — Brendan O'Meara, Longreads, 10 May 2022
  • Still, the park’s zeitgeist of acceptance is what defenders hold to.
    — Ali Martin, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Jan. 2024

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