POLITIC in a Sentence

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For POLITIC, below is one of 420 sentences:
Then, last summer at a political speaking in a grove of oak trees at Jonesboro, they both suddenly became aware of Scarlett O'Hara.

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 Meanings and Examples of POLITIC
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
politic
 a.  expedient; careful and sensible; well advised
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  And I think it is plain, that it is far different from a politic society.
Second Treatise of Government By John Locke
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
2  So that their politic societies all began from a voluntary union, and the mutual agreement of men freely acting in the choice of their governors, and forms of government.
Second Treatise of Government By John Locke
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
3  Both these he gives up, when he joins in a private, if I may so call it, or particular politic society, and incorporates into any commonwealth, separate from the rest of mankind.
Second Treatise of Government By John Locke
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
4  The politic captain of the Canadas had deemed it wiser to submit to entertain a passive friend, than by any acts of ill-judged severity to convert him into an open enemy.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 28
5  This well-judged and politic stroke on the part of Magua was not without instantaneous results.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 28
6  Waldemar Fitzurse, his able and politic agent, was at secret work among them, tempering all to that pitch of courage which was necessary in making an open declaration of their purpose.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
7  Then, last summer at a political speaking in a grove of oak trees at Jonesboro, they both suddenly became aware of Scarlett O'Hara.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
8  Scarlett thought for an instant that if she had not flirted so blatantly with Stuart at that political speaking a year ago, he might have married India long ere this.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
9  And the Bureau was far too interested in political matters to provide the care the plantation owners had once given.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
10  They always followed a set pattern--first, hard times; next, the political situation; and then, inevitably, the war.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
11  Many ex-Confederate soldiers, knowing the frantic fear of men who saw their families in want, were more tolerant of former comrades who had changed political colors in order that their families might eat.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIX
12  In this mongrel society thrown together by the exigencies of the political situation, there was but one thing in common.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIX
13  With the Republicans in the political saddle the town entered into an era of waste and ostentation, with the trappings of refinement thinly veneering the vice and vulgarity beneath.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIX
14  Word had been spread among the negroes that there were only two political parties mentioned in the Bible, the Publicans and the Sinners.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LII
15  My advice in other political matters is equally good.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LVIII
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
16  Britain and Ireland announce a new peace initiative that would separate political talks from the disarmament issue.
17  The Attorney General was aware of the political implications of his decision to prosecute.
18  They became pawns in the political battle.
19  There has been a lot of political mudslinging in the battle for votes.
20  Our party has been on the political sidelines for too long - we must now work towards getting into power.
21  In his political opinions he leans toward the Labour Party.
22  The levels of trade union and political activism in this country have greatly declined in the past fifteen years.
23  They hyped up the crowd with TV to sell their political policy.
24  Conditions after the war led to the emergence of a new type of political party.
25  His theories mesh together various political and religious beliefs.
26  The violence was the result of political and ethnic conflicts.
27  The violence of the revolutionary years was justifiable on the grounds of political necessity.
28  The group has expressed concern about reports of political violence in Africa.
29  There was a lull in political violence after the election of the current president.
30  The whole country has been in a state of political ferment for some months.