How to Use cult in a Sentence

cult

noun
  • She has developed a cult following.
  • So, this cult keeps an eye out for these kids and woos them in.
    Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 24 Nov. 2023
  • Depp plays a young pop star in the series, while The Weeknd plays the leader of a cult.
    Brendan Morrow, The Week, 23 May 2023
  • Flenser knows how to pick the next cult bands, and Friday’s lineup was full of them.
    Andy O'Connor, SPIN, 27 June 2023
  • The Rams feel less like an NFL team and more like a cult movie waiting to happen and, in this town, that’s a good thing.
    Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Plus the Revlon one-stop styler which has a cult following, is already on sale.
    Andrea Navarro, Glamour, 18 Sep. 2023
  • The cult’s bubble had burst: the outside world was paying attention to them for the first time.
    Benjamin Hale, Harper's Magazine, 10 July 2023
  • Still, the cult of the Emperor won’t end, and even an often awkward film can’t end it.
    Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2023
  • However, the campy flick has since become a cult classic in the years that followed.
    People Staff, Peoplemag, 9 Mar. 2024
  • Because there’s the argument within that cult of thug life, like, who’s a Lo Head and who’s not?
    Okla Jones, Essence, 14 Aug. 2023
  • The behavior has also earned a cult following on the right.
    Annie Karni, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Sep. 2023
  • These details were apparently swept away in your paean to the Source cult.
    Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2023
  • The film, which was never released, has a cult following through bootlegs.
    Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2023
  • When did the party of Lincoln become a cult that wouldn’t accept the result of a fair election?
    Gabriel Levin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Jan. 2024
  • And then there are those soundtracks to cult films, whose badness is their entire appeal.
    Stephen Deusner, SPIN, 22 Jan. 2024
  • The farm has grown such a cult following that customers have joined their small team to help at the market here and in Lexington.
    Dana McMahan, The Courier-Journal, 22 Aug. 2023
  • But even after her exit, her time in the cult continued to impact her.
    Vulture, 12 Aug. 2023
  • The show later became an HBO special and is considered a cult hit.
    Emily Langer, Washington Post, 31 July 2023
  • And its got all of the key ingredients: ghosts, a cult leader, and an ominous presence.
    Juliana Ukiomogbe, ELLE, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Bloodmoon: Dark Offerings Who doesn't love a good kill cult?
    Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 3 Sep. 2023
  • Veneta is adept at turning out buzzy it-bags that gain a cult following.
    Paula Lee, Glamour, 26 Feb. 2024
  • In terms of the cult of popularity and being a pop-culture icon.
    Tyler R. Tynes, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2023
  • The rounds quickly found a cult following among fans of military-style weapons.
    Ben Dooley Emily Rhyne, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2023
  • The movie, which also starred Alan Cumming and Parker Posey, has gained a cult following in the 20-plus years since its release.
    Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Cults thrive in isolation, and this poses a challenge for the urban cult leader.
    Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 14 June 2023
  • After two years working for the cult in Venezuela, the Phoenix family wanted out, but had no money.
    Martha Frankel, SPIN, 31 Oct. 2023
  • What Fleit discovers is that the Greek system at Alabama is not some alien cult.
    Vulture, 25 May 2023
  • In the film, Erin’s idyllic countryside trip turns to terror when a sinister blood cult abducts her.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 26 June 2023
  • This cult will be studied for decades to come, by people who may remain bewildered.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 28 June 2023
  • This is a story about a former Indiana Pacers cult hero, yes, but also one about life and death, and the secrets of the human body.
    Gregg Doyel, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Jan. 2024

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