How to Use liberal in a Sentence

liberal

1 of 2 adjective
  • He made a very liberal donation to the museum.
  • She is a liberal Democrat who married a conservative Republican.
  • The liberal judge sides with them.
    — Cbs Miami Team, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026
  • There aren’t many liberal ones left.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Wyden is more aligned with the more liberal wing of the party.
    — Daniel Strauss, The New Republic, 10 Sep. 2021
  • The cozy liberal-arts-college vibe is very on point here.
    — Erin Qualey, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2026
  • But in years since, the district has grown more liberal.
    — Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2026
  • The liberal chat room turned sour—my God, what a snake pit that must have been.
    — James Parker, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2025
  • My entrée is as a liberal elite.
    — Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2025
  • There is no mention of liberal ideas.
    — George R. Boggs, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Use a brush to apply a liberal coating of ketchup on the grates.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 8 June 2026
  • Season with a pinch of salt and a liberal amount of black pepper.
    — Robin Miller, AZCentral.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • At the time, believe it or not, he was known as something of a liberal.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 10 Feb. 2020
  • That part of the city, Binder said, is more liberal than the western half.
    — Heather Knight, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Mar. 2022
  • The Dodgers have been far more liberal with it when behind the plate than at the plate.
    — Zack Meisel, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
  • What’s more, Weiss owes this windfall in part to liberal bias.
    — Debra J. Saunders, Oc Register, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Roberts and the court's four liberal justices were his silent partners.
    — Richard Wolf, USA TODAY, 10 July 2020
  • Critiques have come from the court’s liberal justices as well.
    — Lydia Wheeler, Fortune, 1 Jan. 2023
  • That was a tick-up of the very liberal to be sure that has likely continued.
    — Evan Thies, New York Daily News, 27 June 2026
  • Jackson is one of the court's three liberal members.
    — Dan Mangan, CNBC, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Members were liberal in their use of the A-word to describe the vote.
    — Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2022
  • So what can a liberal democracy do to turn the populist tide?
    — Malcolm Turnbull, Time, 11 Aug. 2021
  • And the innate ability to spot a liberal from fifty feet away.
    — Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Yet Biden has had trouble with young voters and the liberal base.
    — David M. Drucker, Washington Examiner, 8 Feb. 2020
  • Their central point is not that liberal democracy has passed its sell-by date.
    — Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Oct. 2020
  • She was thought to be a conservative, but proved to be quite liberal once on the court.
    — Rob Crilly, The Washington Examiner, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Kennedy sided with the more liberal justices in helping strike down the law.
    — Jeremy Wallace, San Antonio Express-News, 2 July 2018
  • Rock and pop musicians tend to be liberal and pro-gun control.
    — Randall Roberts, latimes.com, 4 Oct. 2017
  • Do better with hiding your woke, liberal bias.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Lean into that savory flavor with a liberal pour of olive brine.
    — Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 May 2026

liberal

2 of 2 noun
  • Here's her plan to help liberals win.
    — Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Liberals are not sad about this.
    — Big Think, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The three liberals on the bench were not at the dinner.
    — ABC News, 29 Apr. 2026
  • And that’s the playbook that a lot of liberals ran.
    — Nikki McCann Ramirez, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
  • But the court’s three liberals touched on it in their joint dissent.
    — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026
  • This is the future that liberals want.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Even so, Spain seemed in recent years to be a bright spot for liberals.
    — Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 23 July 2023
  • Those mail-in ballots helped to carry the race for the liberal.
    — Gloria Dickie, Scientific American, 19 June 2020
  • Free speech was a cause no liberal could in good conscience resist.
    — Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2021
  • The three liberals agreed with that approach.
    — Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2026
  • The report stopped short of what many activists and some liberals might have liked, though.
    — Steven M. Gillon, Time, 1 Mar. 2018
  • Robert Frost said that a liberal is too broad-minded to take his own side in a fight.
    — The Editors, National Review, 4 Apr. 2023
  • These liberals have ruined this state.
    — Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 18 Feb. 2026
  • At the time, the outcry came mostly from liberals.
    — Jason Zengerle, New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Your gang of liberals team up to squash the third reich in its infancy.
    — William Herkewitz, Popular Mechanics, 28 Sep. 2019
  • But in what ways have liberals also played a part in this history?
    — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2020
  • This recent surge in liberals buying guns is the latest in a years-long trend.
    — NPR, 15 Nov. 2025
  • The chief justice sided with the court’s three liberals in a few key cases.
    — Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
  • The only thing that the Democrats and these crazy liberals have is this paper tiger.
    — FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The new justice would be an even swap, one liberal for another.
    — Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2022
  • Mature liberals and moderates know this will come back to bite them.
    — Peggy Noonan, WSJ, 11 July 2019
  • Many liberals complain that free tuition would waste tax money on rich kids who don’t need it.
    — George Skelton, Mercury News, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Many liberals complain that free tuition would waste tax money on rich kids who don’t need it.
    — Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Both conservatives and liberals in the area have pushed back against the false claim.
    — Mary Spicuzza, jsonline.com, 25 Sep. 2025
  • But the three liberals criticized the court for going too far.
    — Mark Sherman and Lindsay Whitehurst, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Mar. 2024
  • That wasn’t just the conservative white guys — that was the liberals too.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 12 May 2026
  • The bromide has it that a liberal is a person who won’t take his own side in an argument.
    — Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
  • His approval rating has increased among liberals in the past month.
    — Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Aug. 2025
  • This is a problem in the eyes of a certain sort of secular liberal.
    — Timothy P. Carney, Washington Examiner, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Liberals are different from you and me.
    — Nolan Finley, Twin Cities, 11 Sep. 2025

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