How to Use democracy in a Sentence

democracy

noun

• In a democracy, every citizen should have the right to vote.
• The company is not a democracy; decisions are made by a board of directors, not the workers.
• The nation has chosen democracy over monarchy.
• There is democracy within the company.
• The global wave of democracy did not wash over the Middle East.
  — David Harsanyi, National Review, 16 Mar. 2023
• And that democracy endures through the peaceful transfer of power.
  — Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
• This is a war against freedom and human dignity, against democracy and the free world, against the world order and security.
  — Kerry A. Dolan, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023
• For older Democratic women, threats to Democracy tops their list.
  — Lorie Konish, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
• Instead, their number two issue is immigration, number three issue is democracy.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2024
• In the election of 2024, these figures have been some of the most vocal in making the case that this isn’t a normal election cycle, that democracy is at stake.
  — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2024
• Liberal Israelis consider the country’s Supreme Court the last bastion of its democracy.
  — Miriam Berger, Washington Post, 14 Feb. 2023
• And two years ago, the people of Khabarovsk got just a tiny piece of democracy.
  — Robyn Dixon, Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2020
• As wild as that seems, there are a lot worse ways to run a democracy.
  — Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 Aug. 2021
• But there’s a little more tread on the tires of democracy.
  — Kevin Fisher-Paulson, SFChronicle.com, 19 Jan. 2021
• The rule of law and democracy matters to the United States.
  — Aaron Navarro, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2024
• As the late Molly Ivins used to say, democracy is a tool.
  — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 31 Oct. 2017
• Democrats say such state statutes pose a threat to democracy.
  — Arit John, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2022
• The idea, which is roughly a decade old, is that democracy is in retreat around the globe.
  — Casey Newton, The Verge, 30 Oct. 2018
• That carries risks for the armed forces as well as for democracy.
  — The Economist, 11 June 2020
• The party’s claim to embody a form of democracy is not new.
  — Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2021
• Book banning is on the rise, as part of the far-right’s assault on democracy.
  — Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2022
• Yet the threats to democracy remain alarming in the view of most experts.
  — Glenn Gamboa, ajc, 27 Jan. 2021
• But all that fightin' and wrestlin' in this healthy democracy can wait a few more hours.
  — Arkansas Online, 10 Jan. 2023
• Countries with none are shown in white and include some of the largest democracies.
  — Laura Parker, National Geographic, 26 June 2019
• Is a Western-style democracy the surest way to do that?
  — Mark Sappenfield, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 June 2018
• Our democracy cannot be held hostage to a ratings race.
  — Anthony Leonardi, Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2020
• Is this the best way for a democracy to field its military?
  — Jeff Rice, Twin Cities, 24 June 2019
• The worst thing for democracy and as a country is silence.
  — Leigh Giangreco, Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2020
• John Lewis said the most important tool in democracy is our right to vote.
  — Emil Wilbekin, Essence, 9 Nov. 2021
• And to disable the democracy so people can rob it of its resources.
  — John Hammontree | [e-mail], al, 5 Aug. 2019

Last Updated: 22 Nov 2024