POLITICIAN in a Sentence

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Sergey Ivanovitch was a Moscow man, and a philosopher; Alexey Alexandrovitch a Petersburger, and a practical politician.

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 Meanings and Examples of POLITICIAN
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politician
 n.  a member of a government or law-making organization
Classic Sentence: (20 in 2 pages)
1  The man would be an opinionated politician, heavily jocular about The Bride.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
2  Not long after this, Jurgis, wearying of the risks and vicissitudes of miscellaneous crime, was moved to give up the career for that of a politician.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 25
3  The orator, or the politician, who can produce such a state of things, is commonly popular with his contemporaries, however he may be treated by posterity.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 27
4  The inconsistency and recklessness of Traddles were not to be exceeded by any real politician.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 38. A DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP
5  Sergey Ivanovitch was a Moscow man, and a philosopher; Alexey Alexandrovitch a Petersburger, and a practical politician.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 4: Chapter 7
6  the politician, but the reality of it hurtful and.
The Prince By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII(*) — CONCERNING THE WAY IN WHICH PRINCES SH...
7  Moreover, the path of the practical politician pointed the same way; for, argued this opportunist, if we cannot peacefully reconstruct the South with white votes, we certainly can with black votes.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In II
8  Why, good Sir Maurice," rejoined the wily politician, "start not aside like a scared steed, without, at least, considering the object of your terror.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
9  The politician looked at him keenly.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 3
10  His Eminence is the most illustrious politician of times past, of times present, and probably of times to come.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 48 A FAMILY AFFAIR
11  They were like politicians cynically dividing appointments.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
12  Everywhere in the country tonight the old party politicians are studying this vote, and setting their sails by it; and nowhere will they be quicker or more cunning than here in our own city.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 31
13  The officers labored like politicians to beat the mass into a proper circle to face the menaces.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 20
14  The trader, who, considering his advantages, was almost as humane as some of our politicians, seemed to feel called on to administer such consolation as the case admitted of.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
15  No, I don't go by politicians.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 9
Example Sentence: (80 in 6 pages)
16  He is widely regarded as Hungary's most skilful politician.
17  The newspaper editorial defamed the politician.
18  This famous politician often ripped into his opponents in the newspaper.
19  As a politician, he knows how to manipulate public opinion.
20  His duty as a politician was to represent the interests of the working class.
21  It's almost unheard of in France for a top politician not to come from the social elite.
22  A pragmatic politician, he was guided by what was expedient rather than by what was ethical.
23  The candidate was too outspoken to be a successful politician; he had not yet learned to weigh his words carefully.
24  If you were a politician, would you prefer being caught on the barb of a fishhook?
25  The politician could never speak simply; she was always grandiloquent.
26  Any politician nicknamed Tricky Dick clearly has the reputation of a knave.
27  The most likely protagonist was some other federal politician or government official.
28  A smirk is really a terrible habit for any politician.
29  The vacuous remarks of the politician annoyed the audience, who had hoped to hear more than empty platitudes.
30  The charismatic and urbane politician Bo launched a "smash black, sing red" campaign that promoted Chinese communist culture as zealously as it cracked down on organized crime.