DEMAGOGUE in a Sentence

Learn DEMAGOGUE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

Example sentences for DEMAGOGUE, such as:

1. Ask that demagogue of a Marius if he is not the slave of that little tyrant of a Cosette.
2. He was accused of being a demagogue because he made promises that aroused futile hopes in his listeners.

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 Meanings and Examples of DEMAGOGUE
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demagogue
 n.  person who appeals to people's prejudice; false leader of people
Classic Sentence:
1  Ask that demagogue of a Marius if he is not the slave of that little tyrant of a Cosette.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER II—JEAN VALJEAN STILL WEARS HIS ARM IN A SLING
2  Some of this opposition is, of course, mere envy; the disappointment of displaced demagogues and the spite of narrow minds.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In III
3  And, finally, to the men who feared demagogues and the natural perversity of some human beings we insisted that time and bitter experience would teach the most hardheaded.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In IX
4  The Royalists of to-day are demagogues, let us record it to their credit.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER III—REQUIESCANT
Example Sentence:
1  He was accused of being a demagogue because he made promises that aroused futile hopes in his listeners.