How to Use pragmatic in a Sentence

pragmatic

adjective

• His pragmatic view of public education comes from years of working in city schools.
• There's the ideal, and then there is the pragmatic approach.
  — Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 24 Dec. 2021
• Near the top of that list should be a more pragmatic and above-board approach to agents.
  — Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal, 24 Feb. 2018
• Suga is the son of a farmer, and he's known as a pragmatic, behind-the-scenes deal maker.
  — Emiko Jozuka, Joshua Berlinger and Will Ripley, CNN, 14 Sep. 2020
• Orbán’s turn to the East is, at least in part, pragmatic.
  — Jacob Mikanowski, Harper's magazine, 21 July 2019
• Scott’s son was pragmatic about the arc of his father’s life.
  — Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2021
• At the same time, Egypt kept its links with Hamas for pragmatic reasons.
  — Washington Post, 21 May 2021
• The Queen was quite pragmatic about her children's clothes, as well.
  — Victoria Murphy, Town & Country, 17 Feb. 2019
• The most pragmatic position is to think of A.I. as a tool, not a creature.
  — Krista Stevens, Longreads, 25 Apr. 2023
• All along, his sons’ view of him as a loving, pragmatic guide stays steady.
  — Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2021
• There’s a lot to be said for being pragmatic in terms of feeling safe to scale up.
  — Rhett Power, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2022
• Sircar plays Alex’s pragmatic lawyer wife and the mother of their two kids.
  — David Martindale, star-telegram, 4 Apr. 2018
• And from a pragmatic story point of view, his death served a greater purpose.
  — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 23 May 2019
• For the past 12 years, Gill has seen himself as a pragmatic reformer.
  — Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 Oct. 2022
• The goal is to create a series of fail-safe outfits that are both pragmatic and chic.
  — Stephanie (stifel) Coughlan, Forbes, 31 Jan. 2022
• At its core the Marshall Plan was a pragmatic approach to a tough problem.
  — Timothy Naftali, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2018
• The 57-year-old, a cautious and pragmatic sailor, ducked below deck for a quick catnap.
  — Gregory Thomas, SFChronicle.com, 19 Oct. 2019
• This in itself was a challenge, with the team having to be pragmatic.
  — Saira Mueller, CNN, 11 Apr. 2024
• This just confirms, in my view, how pragmatic Putin is.
  — Anton Troianovski, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2022
• From trapeze top-handles to souped up shoulder bags, a leather tote is more than just pragmatic.
  — Laura Lajiness Kaupke, Vogue, 5 Apr. 2022
• The cohort’s men, meanwhile, talked about their circle of friends in more pragmatic terms.
  — Kris Marsh, Fortune Well, 6 Apr. 2023
• On the subject of her replica, Risa is as pragmatic as her father.
  — Alex Mar, WIRED, 17 Oct. 2017
• The same coach can come off as pragmatic to some or over-confident to someone else.
  — Roy Bragg, San Antonio Express-News, 18 Feb. 2018
• It’s the kind of pragmatic outlook that comes in handy in these trying, unpredictable days.
  — Jon Freeman, Rolling Stone, 28 Feb. 2022
• Tomorrow night, a lot of people may be asked to be more pragmatic, right?
  — NBC News, 2 Feb. 2020
• This was a front office trying to be pragmatic with a slugger who was down to his last year in pinstripes.
  — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2022
• Unlike many who grieved the loss of trees, Hinatsu took a more pragmatic approach to the wildfire.
  — oregonlive, 22 Jan. 2023
• But for pragmatic reasons many won’t do either of those things.
  — Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 9 June 2023
• Most of the donors, however, adopted a more pragmatic approach to the ex-President.
  — Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2024
• But, as the Atlantic’s Matteo Wong noted, the Nobel committee’s framing of the awards was refreshingly pragmatic.
  — Allison Morrow, CNN, 10 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 23 Nov 2024