How to Use dogmatic in a Sentence

dogmatic

adjective
  • She's become so dogmatic lately that arguing with her is pointless.
  • New guys kept showing up on the scene, and so many of them were extremely dogmatic about sulfur.
    — Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 18 Nov. 2019
  • Catholicism is a dogmatic faith, but one that casts a penumbra far beyond its creed and doctrines.
    — James Matthew Wilson, National Review, 16 Apr. 2020
  • There’s a cult of dogmatic Dunk fans, snatching up each new Nike release.
    — Jacob Gallagher, WSJ, 15 Aug. 2022
  • But the tone of the nascent tech industry in that era was less dogmatic and maximalist.
    — Byalexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 25 Sep. 2024
  • Bobb believes the dogmatic way lawmakers talk about civics has had a chilling effect.
    — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 29 May 2026
  • Many teams have instinctively attacking styles, and many are pretty dogmatic about those styles too.
    — Nick Miller, The Athletic, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Not all of us are as dogmatic in our everyday statements as, say, Madeleine Albright.
    — Rory Satran, WSJ, 15 Jan. 2022
  • The definition of what is neutral may change based on data and events, and that is welcome modesty from the often dogmatic central bank.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 28 Nov. 2018
  • Potter’s approach of being more adaptable than dogmatic and never getting too high or low means patchy form leads to louder criticism.
    — Liam Tharme, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Will Berlin assent to less dogmatic economic policies aimed at bolstering growth and spreading the spoils?
    — Peter S. Goodman, New York Times, 1 July 2016
  • In the 2000s, was the West Berlin left really so cold and dogmatic as portrayed here?
    — John Rockwell, New York Times, 2 June 2017
  • The contrast from the dogmatic style of Ange Postecoglou over the previous two seasons is well-established by now.
    — Mark Carey, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The Weathermen were the most ferocious, dogmatic and reckless of the factions.
    — Todd Gitlin, Smithsonian, 4 May 2017
  • Anderson has a generous outlook in the kitchen, hesitating to smack any dogmatic labels on her book.
    — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Jan. 2025
  • In other words, the ruling was rooted in science, putting facts ahead of dogmatic belief and personal biases.
    — Robert Pearl, Forbes, 11 July 2022
  • The players have become more dogmatic, more certain of the righteousness of their approach to the issues, and more dismissive of those who don’t agree with them.
    — Steven Malanga, WSJ, 30 Aug. 2020
  • Perhaps its spread has been hampered by the ignorant snobbery of the chili purists, who are in their own way as dogmatic and intolerant as martini snobs.
    — John E. McIntyre, baltimoresun.com, 10 Dec. 2017
  • If the free-speech stalwarts worry about the narrowing of debate, then their critics worry about a dogmatic and overzealous kind of broadening.
    — Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 10 June 2020
  • The outspoken Goldberg could come across as dogmatic and inflexible, but proved strategic behind the scenes.
    — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024
  • In the same way, softening the message and using less dogmatic language could be the key to persuading some of the unvaccinated.
    — S. Shyam Sundar, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2021
  • The British politician has a dogmatic view of social democratic policies and has spent decades in that ideological world.
    — Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 9 June 2017
  • These are hardcore’s best moments—when the ethos that often leads to dogmatic line-drawing instead erupts into a passion for the genre’s radical history.
    — Adlan Jackson, The New Yorker, 19 July 2022
  • So how to regain public trust in science when the public is looking for certainties and when those who are supposed to impersonate doubt seem to be fickle or dogmatic?
    — Liv Grjebine, Scientific American, 9 Oct. 2020
  • But others, Hejnol among them, argued that the now-infamous video didn’t signify all that much dogmatic change, and may not be hard to reconcile with what’s long been known.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 18 May 2021
  • So to see a new generation of bands ignore those dogmatic ways and be celebrated for taking risks makes this year feel less like a turning point and more like a new normal within the genre.
    — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 20 Dec. 2023
  • One thing that came up again and again during my interviews with Netflix execs is that the company does its best not to be dogmatic about the design of its user interface.
    — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 13 May 2021
  • The office of cardinal — unlike that of pope, bishop, priest, or deacon — has no scriptural or dogmatic basis, but is instead a practical creation of the church.
    — Grayson Quay, The Week, 7 June 2022
  • For me, her tireless research and dogmatic stance on tradition were affirming as a young Mexican cook and, later, as a food writer and researcher.
    — Claudia Alarcón, Forbes, 31 July 2022
  • The group is forcing media to follow two of the Taliban’s dogmatic and moral regulatory bodies’ guidelines.
    — Atal Ahmadzai, The Conversation, 18 Jan. 2022

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