How to Use politician in a Sentence

politician

noun
  • One of a kind is a helpful thing for a politician to be.
    Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Now, the politician who pushed for the clearing of those encampments is on the ballot.
    Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2022
  • This isn't the first time the Texas native had expressed her disapproval of the politician from her home state.
    Shafiq Najib, Peoplemag, 10 Oct. 2022
  • The Labour politician became the world’s youngest female head of government in 2017.
    Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 19 Jan. 2023
  • When asked to name a few such films, the politician in Louis-Dreyfus evaporates.
    Matt Donnelly, Variety, 17 Jan. 2023
  • Not sure if a politician is climate-friendly in your state?
    Colleen De Bellefonds, SELF, 27 June 2022
  • All this won the director the type of appeal any politician would envy.
    Michael Kazin, The New Republic, 9 Dec. 2022
  • This is not the typical posture of a politician trying to win over the electorate of a purple state.
    Time, 25 Sep. 2022
  • On her way to the remote village of San Vicente, the politician’s car ran into a roadblock.
    Antonia Mufarech, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 June 2022
  • Pelosi is the rare politician who publicly shares little about her private life.
    Joe Garofoli, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Nov. 2022
  • So much of his identity now is about being a politician.
    CBS News, 2 Oct. 2022
  • Pelosi's visit would be the highest-profile trip by a U.S. politician to Taiwan in decades.
    Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 26 July 2022
  • The assassination of Japan's most prominent politician shook a nation that has one of the strictest gun laws in the world.
    Arata Yamamoto, NBC News, 27 Sep. 2022
  • But Hahn, who plays politician Claire Debella, is all too ready to share her secret.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 23 Nov. 2022
  • On the eve of the war, Mr. Vilkul was most likely the Russian-leaning politician in Ukraine with the broadest popular support.
    Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 7 May 2022
  • Jeffries is the first Black politician to lead either party in Congress.
    Arkansas Online, 4 Jan. 2023
  • Their investigation takes them outside of Paris to a small village in the Alps, where a far-right politician is the mayor.
    Sheena Scott, Forbes, 7 May 2022
  • Even for a politician known for his passion, Biden’s reaction to the latest shooting in Texas has been searing.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 27 May 2022
  • For someone who hates politicians so much, Foulkes is sure spending a lot of money being a politician.
    Dan McGowan, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Aug. 2022
  • But again, neither politician has confirmed their plans.
    Leah Campano, Seventeen, 25 July 2022
  • How does being a politician compare to being an artist and sweatshop overlord?
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2022
  • Klobuchar is the most recent politician to voice their skepticism against Live Nation in recent months.
    Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 17 Nov. 2022
  • He is opposed for the first time in 12 years by Robert Bagley, a new politician and experienced businessman.
    Caroline Brauchler, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Nov. 2022
  • Pelosi would be the highest-ranking U.S. politician to visit Taiwan since 1997.
    Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2022
  • Cruz was not the only politician taking part in the Astros victory parade.
    Jon Haworth, ABC News, 8 Nov. 2022
  • However, politician Ángela Rodríguez Pam said that men who believe women don't need the ministry's approval to go to the beach have missed the point of the campaign.
    CNN, 28 July 2022
  • As a career politician and one of the earliest and most earnest voices in the climate fight, Al Gore might be the first to say that not all problems can be solved on the national stage.
    Joan Meiners, The Arizona Republic, 27 Apr. 2022
  • In 2019, the centre-right politician Walter Lübcke was assassinated on his doorstep by a neo-Nazi.
    Lenora Chu, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Dec. 2022
  • But Sara Netanyahu is unlike any other politician’s wife in Israel.
    Jane Eisner, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2022
  • No politician is safe, no institution is sacred, and repentance may or may not begin after the next eight ball.
    Max Bell, SPIN, 22 Sep. 2022

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