How to Use centrist in a Sentence

centrist

noun

• The candidate hopes to appeal to centrists nationwide.
• Trump is not a centrist in the sense of one who unites the parties.
  — Kyle Sammin, Washington Examiner, 12 Nov. 2020
• Phillips sees Patrick as the centrist who can win back the White House.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 18 Nov. 2019
• Joe Manchin, of course, is flirting with a run, a run as a centrist backed by No Labels.
  — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 6 Aug. 2023
• Progressives clash with centrists over the scope and speed of the changes needed to address the country’s ills.
  — Michael Bobelian, Washington Post, 29 June 2023
• And in two years, centrist Yair Lapid, will take the position as part of an agreement.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 15 June 2021
• Will the idealists who backed left-wing populism grit their teeth and vote for a centrist (Macron)?
  — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 15 Apr. 2022
• Hate to wake you up The Democrats have always been split, to a greater or lesser extent, between the more left-wing and the more centrist.
  — The Economist, 6 Feb. 2020
• In two years, he'll be replaced by Yair Lapid, leader of centrist Yesh Atid.
  — Fox News, 22 June 2021
• Delaney was one of several centrists on the stage who took on Sens.
  — Anna North, Vox, 31 July 2019
• Can a designer be a centrist in this era of taking sides?
  — Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2019
• The 44-year-old centrist becomes the first incumbent to win a second term since Jacques Chirac two decades ago.
  — Fortune, 24 Apr. 2022
• And that was part of the problem for centrist-leaning members in this year's elections.
  — Kerry Picket, Washington Examiner, 4 Dec. 2020
• Other centrists on the right and the left would also need to back a Bertrand candidacy.
  — Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune Europe, 9 July 2024
• Someone tell that man to stop trying to cruise centrists and go fill out a form to run for Senate in Colorado.
  — Michael Arceneaux, Essence, 28 June 2019
• And there is a race within the race -- between the party’s progressive wing and its centrists.
  — oregonlive.com, 30 July 2019
• Macron, a pro-European centrist, emerged ahead from the April 10 first round and is leading in opinion polls.
  — Sylvie Corbet, ajc, 20 Apr. 2022
• Casten is more of a centrist while Newman is more of a liberal.
  — Amber Phillips, Washington Post, 28 June 2022
• All the same, Gonez has tried to position herself as a centrist who can work with both factions.
  — Howard Blume Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2020
• Like Dowd, Collier is a 60-year-old white man who identifies as a centrist.
  — Gilbert Garcia, San Antonio Express-News, 30 Sep. 2021
• At least in the short term, Lapid, a centrist, will be Israel’s point man on repairs to the tattered relationship with Biden and the Democrats.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 27 June 2021
• At least in the short term, Lapid, a centrist, will be Israel's point man on repairs to the tattered relationship with Biden and the Democrats.
  — Laurie Kellman, USA TODAY, 28 June 2021
• Mayorkas had honed a public image that was well suited for the moment—a centrist with a heart.
  — Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 17 Feb. 2024
• Seen as a centrist willing to make deals with Democrats, President Joe-Biden.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Jan. 2021
• More than 90% of Israelis who identify as left-wing, two-thirds of centrists and about half of those on the right said the government lacks a plan.
  — Eric Sylvers, WSJ, 24 Nov. 2023
• The centrist is Yair Lapid, a former television talk-show host, who founded the Yesh Atid party in 2012.
  — The Economist, 18 Mar. 2021
• Samuels ran as a centrist who challenged her on policing issues.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 10 Aug. 2022
• His claim to be a centrist is verifiable, logical and clear for all to see.
  — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 17 Feb. 2024
• The parliament is deeply divided into three blocs: the centrists of Macron’s party, the far-right of Marine Le Pen’s party and a left-wing coalition.
  — Lauren Kent, CNN, 4 Dec. 2024
• Macron’s centrists have previously allied with the right-wing Republicans while in power, so Barnier will most likely count on the support of Macron — who appointed him — and his centrist alliance.
  — Freddie Clayton, NBC News, 7 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 14 Jan 2025