How to Use political in a Sentence

political

adjective
  • Health care has become a major political issue in recent years.
  • The senator has changed political parties.
  • We need a political solution rather than a military solution.
  • Even ten films won’t move things if there’s no political will.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 7 Nov. 2025
  • In what ways is your work political?
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 25 May 2026
  • That, to me, is a political change.
    — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 16 Mar. 2026
  • A lot of people are afraid to do political work.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Jan. 2026
  • But then, political turnover killed the project.
    — Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 24 May 2026
  • Are there now enough political junkies who want the pure uncut stuff?
    — Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026
  • Put the political theater to bed once and for all.
    — Paul Vallas, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Trump, for his part, has been open about settling political scores.
    — Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
  • And the only way to get his political power back is to run again and win.
    — James Pindell, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Nov. 2022
  • There are those among us who believe the stage is not the place for artists to share their political views.
    — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 5 Oct. 2022
  • So what's a political party to do to stay in power at that point?
    — Fox News Staff, Fox News, 8 June 2023
  • Fighting a two-front war is bad for an army but good for a political movement.
    — David Brooks, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026
  • None of this is political; the evidence is there for all to see.
    — Terrence Keeley, National Review, 25 Jan. 2023
  • There’d be winners and losers and high political risks.
    — Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2026
  • And that gets to the political issue here, and that's the other big risk.
    — Zulekha Nathoo, USA Today, 8 June 2026
  • The amendment put the judges at a remove from the political fray.
    — James M. McGuire, New York Daily News, 11 Jan. 2026
  • In many ways, the monarch holds a symbolic role, not a political one.
    — Simon Constable, Time, 22 Sep. 2022
  • The next political fight will be about how much to privatize schools.
    — Randall Stephenson, Chicago Tribune, 8 Dec. 2024
  • But Eliza knew that the role of hostess was political.
    — Jane Kamensky, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The political winds change, and there will be different points of view.
    — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 12 May 2023
  • This isn’t a political statement about the surgery or the surgeons.
    — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The curators seem to have licked a finger and held it to the political winds.
    — Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 24 June 2025
  • Others see it through a political lens.
    — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026
  • The political clouds make that even harder.
    — Zulekha Nathoo, USA Today, 8 June 2026
  • Ramos said the issue should unite people across political lines.
    — Briseida Holguin, CBS News, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Trump has framed his moves to honor Columbus as a political act.
    — Dan Diamond, Arkansas Online, 24 Mar. 2026
  • The key to the Olympics’ success has been as much political as sporting.
    — Stephen Wade, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Mar. 2022

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