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.
• Americans have not had to worry about military threats to democracy in the past.
  — Kori Schake, The Atlantic, 30 Nov. 2024
• And everybody here knows that that future is directly linked to democracy and regime change.
  — Christopher Intagliata, NPR, 29 Nov. 2024
• Thousands have since taken to the streets, denouncing an assault on democracy.
  — Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
• That said, there’s a silver lining in this darkness: Our democracy functioned as designed.
  — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 28 Nov. 2024
• Trump will likely reprise the rhetorical embrace of Egypt that marked his first term, along with a lack of concern for democracy and human rights.
  — Michael Wahid Hanna, Foreign Affairs, 26 Nov. 2024
• Those who united around the support of the free Ukrainian people in our common struggle for freedom, democracy.
  — Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 11 Jan. 2023
• In both cases, political leaders questioned the results of elections, and, in general, the values of democracy.
  — Joseph E. Stiglitz, CNN, 19 Jan. 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
• The global wave of democracy did not wash over the Middle East.
  — David Harsanyi, National Review, 16 Mar. 2023
• 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

Last Updated: 16 Dec 2024