How to Use litmus test in a Sentence

litmus test

noun

• The party is using attitudes about gun control as a litmus test for political candidates.
• Or a litmus test in terms of finding the right fit there?
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 3 May 2022
• The litmus test: was the bathroom too small to close the door behind her?
  — Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 16 Sep. 2022
• The matchup with the Vikings will be a good litmus test to see how much the Bengals have improved.
  — Kelsey Conway, The Enquirer, 11 Sep. 2021
• The Seagoville game appeared to a key litmus test Pinkston passed.
  — Rick Kretzschmar, Dallas News, 15 Sep. 2022
• How the game goes could be a litmus test for both franchises.
  — Shayna Rubin, The Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2024
• How will that play out in an era when school choice has become a GOP litmus test?
  — Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Mar. 2023
• But the real litmus test is what a host is like behind closed doors.
  — Boris Fishman, Travel + Leisure, 21 Feb. 2022
• If not, what will be the progressive litmus test in 2022?
  — James Pindell, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Dec. 2021
• The jump in gas prices could prove to be a litmus test for Metro and mass transit in general.
  — Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2022
• But who knows what Trump whim will be the next litmus test for remaining in his good graces?
  — Dean Obeidallah, CNN, 10 Oct. 2021
• Have the candidates in Ohio been made to submit to a kind of Trump-2020-election-claims litmus test?
  — The New Yorker, 3 May 2022
• In addition, Squid Game, given its dark and adult themes, may not be the best litmus test.
  — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 11 Oct. 2021
• The stock market’s bumpy start to 2022 provides a useful litmus test.
  — Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 30 Jan. 2022
• The race was seen as yet another litmus test of Trump's power and a harbinger of the state GOP.
  — Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 2 Aug. 2022
• For a team with high expectations, Friday was a good litmus test of where the Hoosiers stand.
  — Tyler Tachman, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Nov. 2022
• But students of color at BYU say the volleyball case is not a litmus test.
  — Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Sep. 2022
• Now, Democrats have made the abolition of the filibuster a litmus test for their party.
  — The Editors, National Review, 21 Jan. 2022
• Hosting the Seahawks and visiting the Cardinals over the next two weeks should be a good litmus test.
  — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 28 Sep. 2021
• Either way, Pink Tape will stand as a statement: a lightning rod, a litmus test, a turning point, maybe even a troll.
  — Clayton Purdom, Rolling Stone, 30 June 2023
• Ending the war in Yemen has become a litmus test for U.S.-Saudi relations.
  — Dion Nissenbaum, WSJ, 18 Jan. 2022
• For some young women, Yang has become a litmus test for their boyfriends—and distaste for Yang can be grounds for dumping.
  — Jane Li, Quartz, 20 Oct. 2021
• The movie is a litmus test of the willingness to be pulled along, from start to finish, staring straight ahead while being told that there’s nothing to see.
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2022
• Everything done on behalf of the brand should pass the litmus test of being something this person would say or do.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 15 Sep. 2021
• This could be Covenant’s best-ever season as an 11-man program and Grace Prep should provide a good litmus test.
  — Rick Kretzschmar, Dallas News, 9 Nov. 2022
• The magnitude of Saturday’s litmus test hasn’t been lost on Texas.
  — Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 12 Nov. 2021
• The Jaguars are vastly improved under new coach Doug Pederson and the Chargers are a good litmus test.
  — Jaylon Thompson, USA TODAY, 26 Sep. 2022
• Tieszen says the team’s early matchup with Dimond served as a litmus test and a precursor to the eventual rematch.
  — Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News, 10 May 2022
• What, if any, should be the litmus test for American allies to receive assistance from the U.S.?
  — Destiny Torres, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
• The vote will be an early litmus test to see if Republicans are willing to vote to shut down the government.
  — Aj Willingham, CNN, 21 Sep. 2021

Last Updated: 28 May 2024