perpetuated

Example Sentences

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Being adopted by a white family, only to be shunned by the Native community, perpetuated his lifelong feeling of being an outsider.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2026

A well-meaning attempt to mitigate suffering by collective effort instead perpetuated it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 17, 2026

There is a bizarre universe built around the prestige and untouchability of the court that is first and foremost perpetuated by the people on the court.

From Slate • May 13, 2026

"What we really need is to flip the dial on that," he says."Otherwise, if we don't do that, we will continue to see these inequalities perpetuated."

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2025

He was a dark-faced man; his skin, perhaps from sun, was a black red, as though some Norse or perhaps Vandal blood was perpetuated in him.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck