How to Use opportunist in a Sentence

opportunist

noun

• But, if the agent is a thief or opportunist, the DPOA is a license to steal.
  — Carolyn Rosenblatt, Forbes, 22 June 2021
• Trump is an opportunist who got out in front of the parade.
  — Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 25 June 2022
• Like any good opportunist, Martin found a way to turn the old thing into the next big thing.
  — refinery29.com, 26 June 2018
• Some of her critics have sought to cast her as an opportunist seeking to bolster her brand.
  — Becky Bohrer, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Apr. 2022
• The press has labeled her an opportunist and a neo-Nazi defender.
  — NBC News, 23 June 2018
• In that hot window of time, she’s been stalked on social media and called an opportunist, a traitor to her race, and a washed-up, has-been actress.
  — Elizabeth Wellington, Philly.com, 19 Apr. 2018
• Instead of catering to racists and opportunists, cater to justice and peace for the family.
  — Jasmyne Cannick and Patrisse Khan-Cullors, The Root, 12 Feb. 2018
• Looks like Peak TV has turned me into a raging opportunist.
  — Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Mar. 2018
• The neo-Nazis, too, are less aberrations than opportunists.
  — Alexis C. Madrigal, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2018
• The Spurs might not be dead, but they are wounded, and opportunists already are contemplating the idea of picking through the bones.
  — Mike Finger, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Apr. 2018
• This was the Dark Knight’s persistent worry: Who were the true believers at the conference, and who were the opportunists?
  — Thomas Meaney, Harper's magazine, 20 Jan. 2020
• The perception of Crist—who served in the House as a Democrat until August—as an opportunist is pretty baked in.
  — Philip Elliott, Time, 4 Oct. 2022
• Isn't this is a guy who is an opportunist and a political hack who goes whichever way the -- whichever way the winds are going?
  — Fox News, 19 Aug. 2018
• Palmer amaranth, the ultimate opportunist, now grows in at least 39 states.
  — New York Times, 11 Aug. 2021
• He was called a liar, a philanderer and an opportunist.
  — Susanna Schrobsdorff, Time, 15 Feb. 2018
• These fish are opportunists that feast on a wide array of food depending on what’s available.
  — Outdoor Life, 30 Nov. 2023
• Boris Johnson, a political opportunist of the first rank, is reaping the gains.
  — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2021
• What remained were plucky opportunists, including a type of sea-dwelling lizard called an ichthyosaur, which had evolved flippers from land-dwelling feet.
  — Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 15 Mar. 2023
• Schoenfeld played opportunist from there inside the crowded six-yard box.
  — Jerry Zgoda, Star Tribune, 25 Oct. 2020
• To this day, Newman sees herself more as a workaholic opportunist who loves her job than as a crusader.
  — Childs Walker, baltimoresun.com, 17 Sep. 2020
• With its mild flavor, a single nubbin of tteok is an equal opportunist flavor sponge.
  — Bon Appétit, 24 May 2022
• Mike Hubbard is many things – a sneak and a power-monger, a puppet-master, a control freak, an opportunist and greedy, greedy man.
  — John Archibald | [e-mail], al.com, 4 June 2019
• In movies, the music industry’s shady opportunists are often cast as overly tan white men with heavy gold chains, who wear their dyed hair teased high.
  — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 2 July 2018
• The ranks of these provocateurs have grown, bolstered by opportunists and some leftist students.
  — Elaine Ganley, ajc, 3 Apr. 2023
• Critics see him as an opportunist who never fails to show up amid another tragedy.
  — NBC News, 3 May 2021
• Sanderson seems to me like an opportunist with an appetite for attention, or at the very least a schlemiel, possibly a little vain.
  — Mireille Silcoff, New York Times, 2 May 2023
• His underlings are nothing but a bunch of opportunists and enablers.
  — Drew Magary, GQ, 22 Feb. 2018
• Defense attorneys seized on the discrepancy to paint her as a liar and opportunist.
  — Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 21 Oct. 2022
• Trump’s supporters have labeled Daniels an opportunist and (far) worse.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, azcentral, 25 Mar. 2018
• However, not everybody in the field is just an opportunist.
  — Carol Lee, Discover Magazine, 29 Mar. 2021

Last Updated: 28 May 2024