How to Use citizenry in a Sentence

citizenry

noun

• And there are many accounts of her visits to a restaurant known to the citizenry as the Bear.
  — Joanne Kaufman, WSJ, 2 Dec. 2022
• The question is what bad feelings will linger among the citizenry.
  — Evan Halper, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2020
• The first step in controlling the citizenry for your own gain is attacking the press.
  — Time, 3 Oct. 2022
• The United States has a moral imperative to help Ukraine win the war that Russia brought to its citizenry.
  — Michael A. Newton, CNN, 15 Mar. 2022
• None of this passive culling of the citizenry was done on principle, and it certainly wasn’t done for you.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 10 Aug. 2021
• Oliver said the clear direction from the citizenry when he was elected to the fire board was to partner with Clackamas.
  — oregonlive, 5 Nov. 2020
• Alas, the last few years have brought with them a surfeit of self-flagellation that the more grounded among the citizenry would do well to resist.
  — The Editors, National Review, 4 July 2022
• This marked a new phase of the war and of Zelenska’s role as first lady—a beacon to her citizenry and a player in Ukraine’s battle for hearts and minds.
  — Rachel Donadio, Vogue, 26 July 2022
• So the party’s campaign to recruit the citizenry to combat these four pests was begun.
  — Longreads, 23 Mar. 2021
• The executive branch has only ballooned since then and not to keep pace with the burgeoning needs of the citizenry.
  — Blair McClendon, The New Republic, 19 Jan. 2021
• The need and interest were there, and the citizenry responded.
  — Popular Science, 15 Mar. 2021
• As a result, many of these programs face a steep challenge in recruiting this half of our citizenry.
  — Time, 20 Oct. 2022
• The stars represent the citizenry who stand for justice and order.
  — Kristine Parks, Fox News, 13 Jan. 2023
• Both sides of a polarized citizenry have their own brands of unease at those questions.
  — Ted Anthony, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Oct. 2020
• But the more eyes watching public officials, the better for the citizenry.
  — Jason Williams, The Enquirer, 2 July 2021
• Some also weren’t confident that their army, much less the cynical citizenry, would pick up arms to fight.
  — Yuri Vanetik, WSJ, 2 Mar. 2022
• Others tried to figure out how to improve the way the nation-state operates, to fulfill its promise and meet the demands of its citizenry.
  — Paul Kennedy, WSJ, 28 July 2023
• Ultimately, both the citizenry and the economy will benefit from a shot in the arm.
  — Randy P. Juhl, The Conversation, 29 Dec. 2020
• In that framing, of course governments and courts resist and refuse to repair the harm enacted on a segment of its citizenry.
  — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Oct. 2020
• Jonaitis said that the decision pleases part of the citizenry of Enfield, but angers others.
  — Steve Smith, courant.com, 20 Jan. 2022
• The tables were already full of the city's varied citizenry, here for dishes like fried phyllo-pastry pockets of spicy lamb.
  — Von Diaz, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 July 2022
• When our government limits its spending to tax receipts, the Congress must gain the assent of the citizenry when deciding how and how much to spend.
  — Rick Miller, Forbes, 24 June 2021
• Duke Leto bristles more than once at the inequities imposed upon the planet’s citizenry by its former rulers, the Harkonnens.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2021
• Yet, in this election, our citizenry was engaged and voted in record numbers.
  — Steven P. Dinkin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2020
• The citizenry today is characterized by a double secession — a retreat of both the wealthy and the poor from the democratic sphere.
  — Washington Post, 13 Aug. 2021
• The result will be a citizenry that is less capable of self-government.
  — John Blake, CNN, 28 Aug. 2022
• And three years of the sudden lockdowns and other restrictions have clearly worn on the patience of China's citizenry.
  — Peter Weber, The Week, 29 Nov. 2022
• That many of us have learned to see through this should be a good thing; a skeptical citizenry is certainly better than the alternative.
  — Lili Loofbourow, The New York Review of Books, 19 Nov. 2020
• Citizens should insist that whatever else the state does with the money is worth more to the citizenry of Arkansas than direct checks would be.
  — Arkansas Online, 10 Apr. 2021
• These weapons are not innocuous, and our citizenry has a right to be protected from this potential harm.
  — Star Tribune, 16 July 2021

Last Updated: 28 May 2024