How to Use sensationalism in a Sentence

sensationalism

noun
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  • The network was accused of sensationalism in its reporting.
  • But that’s not enough sensationalism for a lot of places.
    — Jasmine Grant, Essence, 5 Aug. 2019
  • That was a process of leaking and sensationalism that sought first to damage the Trump campaign.
    — Victor Davis Hanson, National Review, 6 Feb. 2018
  • There’s been this sensationalism in the media that has racialized this whole thing.
    — Adrienne So, Wired, 19 Aug. 2020
  • Derecka says we can't get caught up in the sensationalism.
    — Jeneé Osterheldt, kansascity, 24 Mar. 2012
  • Thurston said claims Williams has made in his bid for the office are misleading and that his campaign is based on sensationalism and hearsay.
    — Rachel Herzog, Arkansas Online, 24 Apr. 2022
  • Do not let the sensationalism of television news worry you to a tizzy.
    — Jefferson County Cooperative Extension, AL.com, 9 Feb. 2018
  • This definitely is a Shonda-show, in terms of its sensationalism and the cast and the scope and the underlying themes.
    — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 14 Feb. 2022
  • For all the sensationalism of what was a very real ordeal, any accounting of it requires respect, both for the dead and for the living.
    — John Anderson, WSJ, 2 Jan. 2024
  • It’s not a blood-and-gore movie climaxing with cheap sensationalism.
    — Armond White, National Review, 8 Apr. 2022
  • Many critics of the time, repelled by his vigilantism and sensationalism, condemned his books as nasty, poor, brutish and not short enough.
    — Michael Saler, WSJ, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Some of these artists will rise beyond sheer sensationalism; others will flame out quickly.
    — Gary Shteyngart, The New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2017
  • Both appeal chiefly to boomers and Gen-Xers; both are fountains of falsehoods, sensationalism and simplistic memes.
    — Will Oremus, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2023
  • The film is measured, thoughtful, and makes no moves toward sensationalism.
    — Richard Lawson, HWD, 5 Apr. 2018
  • The firm making these claims has a history of sensationalism.
    — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 9 Aug. 2011
  • But the sensationalism attached to her suicide keeps us from reading Last Words from Montmartre as a formidable work, well ahead of its time.
    — Ankita Chakraborty, Longreads, 8 June 2018
  • This is a picture that could do with a little bit of scenery-chewing and a whole lot of sensationalism — anything that would make its middling mystery plot more exciting.
    — Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2023
  • So before the voracious horde of media sensationalism decides to somehow turn it about me, there’s a clear need to speak about the circumstances: Black Lives Matter.
    — Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, 17 July 2020
  • The rhetoric of the extreme ends of the argument demands attention, as sensationalism always does.
    — Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Feb. 2018
  • His work, the most popular exhibit in the site’s gallery, shows little concern for sensationalism.
    — Frédéric Madre, WIRED, 26 Mar. 1998
  • Avid tabloid coverage of the tension has drawn criticism even from the Daily Mail, itself no stranger to royal-themed sensationalism.
    — Laura King, latimes.com, 17 May 2018
  • Spreading innocuous footage of his private moment with a loved one compounds the inhumane nature of jail and the bizarre nature of his trial, but the sensationalism of the call also distracts from it.
    — Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 24 Feb. 2024
  • But there are risks to empathy, not the least of which is the uneasy sensationalism of a shooter whose sole contribution is the destruction of other people’s futures.
    — Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2019
  • He and Hinchey were intrigued by Knox’s story and hammered out a script, but the result — a straightforward thriller that left tabloid sensationalism behind and instead focused on the young woman’s father — left him cold.
    — Washington Post, 29 July 2021
  • Television hits don’t exist in a vacuum, though, and Springer’s sensationalism bled across the TV landscape, in a manner that was hardly free of consequences.
    — Brian Lowry, CNN, 28 Apr. 2023
  • The deaths have drawn widespread scrutiny, speculation and sensationalism and have been the subject of a Netflix docuseries.
    — Terry Collins, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2023
  • The deaths have drawn widespread scrutiny, speculation, and sensationalism and have been the subject of a Netflix docuseries.
    — Terry Collins, USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2023
  • Sensationalism was a major part of journalism in the early 20th century, but Thomas helped reshape this.
    — Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, 23 June 2017
  • Click bait, tweets, fake news, sensationalism and partisanship are the models that drive revenue today.
    — Carol Cain, Detroit Free Press, 3 Sep. 2017
  • There’s a sensationalism in the presentation, like the principal goal here is ruining viewers’ childhoods rather than actually digging into the system’s biggest failures.
    — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 6 Apr. 2024

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