How to Use citizenry in a Sentence

citizenry

noun
  • That is not to say the citizenry could not prevail in such an event.
    — Steve Meyer, Alaska Dispatch News, 18 Oct. 2017
  • The citizenry is jacked up with contempt, and over the idea of true romance.
    — Ray Mark Rinaldi, The Know, 29 Sep. 2019
  • But the fault lies more with the citizenry than with scholarship.
    — Thomas Mallon, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
  • But the fault lies more with the citizenry than with scholarship.
    — Literary Hub, 21 May 2026
  • The question is what bad feelings will linger among the citizenry.
    — Evan Halper, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2020
  • People don’t want to give up what belongs to them, just as members of the citizenry.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 28 June 2026
  • Much of the citizenry is aware, at least in broad strokes, of how the man became a billionaire.
    — SI.com, 17 Dec. 2017
  • This should be a grave concern to anyone who cares about an informed citizenry.
    — New York Times, 8 June 2018
  • The soul of its citizenry is open to building bridges to one another.
    — The Rev. David Anderson, Columbia Flier, 14 Sep. 2017
  • Somehow, she was beloved by a fair portion of the local citizenry.
    — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 9 June 2020
  • Needless to say four does not begin to cover our great local citizenry over the years.
    — Cincinnati.com, 26 July 2017
  • The result is a citizenry that does not agree on basic facts, and many of whom distrust the system.
    — Jeet Heer, New Republic, 20 Feb. 2018
  • And there are many accounts of her visits to a restaurant known to the citizenry as the Bear.
    — Joanne Kaufman, WSJ, 2 Dec. 2022
  • The first step in controlling the citizenry for your own gain is attacking the press.
    — Time, 3 Oct. 2022
  • Northern lights There is little pressure from the citizenry to do more.
    — The Economist, 19 Sep. 2019
  • As a result, many of these programs face a steep challenge in recruiting this half of our citizenry.
    — Time, 20 Oct. 2022
  • None of this passive culling of the citizenry was done on principle, and it certainly wasn’t done for you.
    — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 10 Aug. 2021
  • So the party’s campaign to recruit the citizenry to combat these four pests was begun.
    — Longreads, 23 Mar. 2021
  • Some also weren’t confident that their army, much less the cynical citizenry, would pick up arms to fight.
    — Yuri Vanetik, WSJ, 2 Mar. 2022
  • The stars represent the citizenry who stand for justice and order.
    — Kristine Parks, Fox News, 13 Jan. 2023
  • The denizens of this bus stop in particular seem as good a litmus test as any for the health and sanity of our citizenry.
    — Elisa Albert, Longreads, 7 May 2018
  • Gorsuch says the book is for the general citizenry, not academics.
    — Leslie Southwick, National Review, 17 Sep. 2019
  • In making these bold moves, Israel has acted (and not for the first time) to protect both its own citizenry and the world.
    — Bassem Eid, New York Daily News, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Batman always knows when the citizenry needs him – when the Bat-Signal shines bright in the night sky.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, kansascity.com, 15 June 2017
  • The job of members of the government is to minimize the citizenry’s grief.
    — Jennifer Wright, Harper's BAZAAR, 5 Aug. 2019
  • However, the bill will block the citizenry from a digital version of the safest form of money.
    — Vipin Bharathan, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • At a time of global trial, the new pope offered a message of unity, peace, and global citizenry.
    — Erika Page, Christian Science Monitor, 8 May 2025
  • At a time of global trial, the new pope offered a message of unity, peace, and global citizenry.
    — Erika Page, Christian Science Monitor, 9 May 2025
  • Is the citizenry pleased with the performance of this duopoly?
    — Stu Strumwasser, Fortune, 1 Apr. 2026
  • The only durable safeguard is an informed citizenry.
    — Andrew Rasiej, New York Daily News, 22 Mar. 2026

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