How to Use subculture in a Sentence

subculture

noun
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  • There’s this whole subculture of teenagers all the way through ages 29 and 30, my wife being one of them.
    — Jessi Virtusio, chicagotribune.com, 25 Mar. 2022
  • Like all post-war subcultures, goth was born out of a need to rage against the machine.
    — Tish Weinstock, Vogue, 31 Aug. 2024
  • What works better is how the miniseries brings the whole chess subculture to life.
    — Darren Franich, EW.com, 21 Oct. 2020
  • The play, under the clear direction of Lisa James, captures both the era and the subculture.
    — Charles McNultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2022
  • So there may be a whole subculture of music/Way fans who knew about it.
    — cleveland, 7 Aug. 2020
  • Messinger went on to share a thread of some of her favorite Date Me docs, a celebration of the subculture.
    — WIRED, 4 Sep. 2022
  • These were scary times, and Britain’s youth needed a subculture that would reflect this.
    — Tish Weinstock, Vogue, 31 Aug. 2024
  • Li grew up in a unique subculture where crime spoke many languages and crossed borders with ease.
    — Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, 11 Oct. 2022
  • These are nights of nostalgia, but for many, the punk subculture is a lifestyle.
    — Dallas News, 30 Dec. 2022
  • Every culture and subculture has used the white T-shirt.
    — Julie Tong, Vogue, 16 July 2024
  • Club culture is close to subculture in which clothing speaks in code.
    — Vogue, 20 Aug. 2019
  • This is a subculture that presents an easy target for cheap shots, but The Menu opts for sharp, scalpel precision in its satire.
    — Ars Technica, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Its players and fans say Dream SMP has given rise to a new subculture for girls in gaming.
    — Kat Tenbarge, NBC News, 26 June 2022
  • There’s a reason Herz’s most recent book is about the subculture of CrossFit.
    — Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 15 Oct. 2019
  • Scene was a subculture that started in the early aughts and became popular through the mid- and late-2000s.
    — José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 22 July 2022
  • The collection, which debuts today, June 25, is the brand's second, and is inspired by the punk subculture in the U.K.
    — Rosa Sanchez, Forbes, 25 June 2021
  • Rather than compromise its sound for rock hits, though, the band became a full-on subculture.
    — August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2024
  • But there are critics of this subculture, who claim the dogs are exploited.
    — Diane Herbst, PEOPLE.com, 17 Dec. 2019
  • In the close subculture of strongmen and strongwomen, her suicide came as a shock, even among those who knew her well.
    — John Leland, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2023
  • But the five-years-long beef is a glimpse of a rap subculture suffocating on its own bloodlust.
    — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2024
  • For Bay Area natives of a certain age, the film’s settings, subcultures and music will ring true.
    — Bonnie Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Under the radar, a dating trend known as Daygame is taking the world by storm and becoming a subculture in its own right.
    — Sara MacAuley, refinery29.com, 22 Aug. 2019
  • The subculture of hot sauce is so fascinating and unique.
    — Annie Alleman, chicagotribune.com, 3 Aug. 2020
  • The rap squat came from prison subculture and was first called the prison pose, supposedly a crouch meant to look menacing.
    — Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 16 Nov. 2023
  • What began as a way to give a larger platform to what used to be considered a subculture.
    — Jessi Roti, chicagotribune.com, 21 July 2019
  • One of the online subcultures that influenced the birth of e/acc are the Rationalists.
    — Robert Evans, Rolling Stone, 27 Jan. 2024
  • The newspaper of record seems to be marketing to the dominant subculture of years gone by.
    — David Guberman, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Feb. 2023
  • McKay belonged both to that subculture and to the movement’s mainstream.
    — Talya Zax, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2020
  • The art form has long been popular amongst Black nerd and gamer subcultures and has been loved and referenced in Black art (and vice versa) for decades.
    — Aj Morris, Essence, 10 May 2024
  • The documentary will offer a rare glimpse into the lives of several top athletes and a subculture on wheels hidden from the world.
    — Spin Contributor, SPIN, 10 Dec. 2024

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