How to Use sorority in a Sentence

sorority

noun
  • She wanted to pledge a sorority.
  • Crouch in a sorority squat with your hands on your thighs.
    Kerry Elson, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2023
  • The girls wandered over to a sorority house with an open front door.
    Madison Malone Kircher, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2022
  • As the car pulled into the driveway of the sorority house, light burst through the roommates' window.
    Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Emily hurries back to the sorority house, sloth in tow.
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 25 Aug. 2023
  • More than that, the law crushes the dreams of sorority girls everywhere.
    Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 1 Mar. 2024
  • But her logo seems to stand in the way for a lot of younger women who grew up with Burch as a sorority house icon.
    Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR, 15 Sep. 2022
  • The book was about a college freshman who falls in love with one of her sorority sisters.
    Neil Genzlinger, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2022
  • With the help of her sorority sister, Monroe won’t have to touch her savings.
    Leanne Italie, Fortune, 21 Sep. 2023
  • The suit said that Smith did not live in the sorority house, but would sit there for hours and allegedly stare at the women inside.
    Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Well, actually, one of my nieces was in the same sorority with Meghan Markle.
    Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2022
  • Here’s more on the sorority: When was Delta Sigma Theta founded?
    The Indianapolis Star, 20 July 2023
  • Knoll's novel is inspired by the real-life sorority that became the target of Ted Bundy in the 1970s.
    Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 29 July 2023
  • Barber said many of her closest friends are members of the sorority.
    John-John Williams Iv, Baltimore Sun, 21 Apr. 2022
  • Two of the victims were women outside a sorority house.
    Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 11 Oct. 2022
  • The day party was the choice for me and my sorority sisters who accompanied me.
    Tabnie Dozier, Essence, 1 Apr. 2022
  • The new pet is a beloved addition to the sorority house until a series of deaths point toward the sloth as the prime murder suspect.
    Jaden Thompson, Variety, 26 July 2023
  • The sorority’s colors are crimson and cream, but red and white are commonly used.
    The Indianapolis Star, 20 July 2023
  • The home is adjacent to the school's row of fraternity and sorority houses.
    Stephanie Pagones, Fox News, 21 Nov. 2022
  • The house was large and attractive, dove gray and—like all sorority houses—fortified.
    Caitlin Flanagan, The Atlantic, 16 May 2022
  • The microcosm of Section 301 offered this same sense of sorority.
    Taffy Brodesser-Akner, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2023
  • There was a time when the fashion label Lilly Pulitzer meant more than sororities and highlighter colors.
    Isiah Magsino, Town & Country, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Didn’t want to be a part of that simpering sorority, a keeper of that shameful secret (for so it was considered at the time), that failure.
    Alice McDermott, Harper's Magazine, 11 Sep. 2023
  • The comedy horror movie on Hulu shares the story of a killer sloth who becomes a sorority’s mascot.
    Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2023
  • All versions of the film follow a group of sorority girls as they're stalked by a terrifying stranger during their Christmas break.
    Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 30 Sep. 2022
  • The University of South Dakota may welcome a new sorority chapter in the coming years.
    From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2022
  • Nuñez and her sorority sisters performed a line step routine, along with chants that a delighted Elhawary mouthed word-for-word.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024
  • The show’s second season ended with Leighton coming out to her dad and quitting her sorority, while her roommates dealt with issues of their own.
    Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 July 2023
  • Here were Martha and Bonnie, my two best friends from Girl Scouts; snapshots of my church group; a picture of me and my pledge sisters dressed up for a goofy sorority initiation.
    Julie Ann Canniff, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Nov. 2023
  • The soon-to-be mom of two says the most memorable part of the surprise event was playing all the shower games and when her Delta Sigma Theta sorority sisters gathered around to serenade her.
    Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com, 1 July 2022

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