How to Use politically correct in a Sentence

politically correct

adjective
  • He later realized that his response was not politically correct.
  • Now is not the time to be politically correct or afraid to take a stand.
    — Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2021
  • That probably is not the most politically correct thing to say, but that is kind of a fact.
    — Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Both will now be constrained by politically correct modes of thought.
    — Joel Zinberg, National Review, 9 June 2021
  • In the days leading to the game, all parties toed the politically correct line.
    — Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2022
  • Not out of a need to be politically correct but in an attempt to hire the right person, and not just the right man for the job.
    — Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2019
  • Some of the things people, such as Sarah’s friends, say in the film are not politically correct.
    — Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Aug. 2024
  • Look, academe has always had a soft spot for politically correct celebrity hires.
    — Tracey Schirra, National Review, 20 July 2021
  • Others will simply say that the politically correct left just found something else to whine about.
    — Christopher Harress, AL.com, 23 Sep. 2017
  • The movement has taken on a more politically correct moniker since then for many reasons.
    — Danielle Prescod, Harper's BAZAAR, 16 Nov. 2022
  • Some change their doctrines to be more modern or politically correct.
    — Chris Stirewalt, Fox News, 18 Apr. 2018
  • My peers love that Fuentes isn’t politically correct.
    — Eli Thompson, Rolling Stone, 8 Nov. 2025
  • It's considered politically correct at times to talk about good versus evil and clearly there is evil.
    — Fox News, 19 May 2018
  • Just go ahead and ditch the politically correct naming and call the Bibs the culinary ghetto.
    — Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Oct. 2021
  • Harry isn’t always up to speed on the most politically correct lingo.
    — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Maybe that was the politically correct response needed from a team leader who will be in the locker room and in the trenches with the unit.
    — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2020
  • Sometimes that means treating it in a way that wouldn't qualify as politically correct.
    — Michael K. McIntyre, cleveland.com, 13 Dec. 2017
  • Some say that's not politically correct.
    — Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2026
  • That makes the hypocrisy of their politically correct public statements misleading at best.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2022
  • My mood isn’t helped by the armies of self-indulgent, politically correct, self-conscious weirdos that populate the awards stage.
    — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 30 Mar. 2022
  • There’ll be people who’ll be disappointed with our answer, but our goal wasn’t to find the politically correct answer.
    — Adam Rogers, Wired, 3 June 2020
  • Instead, the school board chose the easy route and sided with the popular politically correct position.
    — Letter Writers, Twin Cities, 11 July 2019
  • The politically correct nouns, verbs and adjectives used to shield their sayers and writers from criticism.
    — Michael Harriot, The Root, 22 Mar. 2018
  • Red state officials deride it as politically correct and woke and are trying to stop investors who contract with states from adopting it on any level.
    — Sam Metz, Anchorage Daily News, 19 May 2022
  • Its allies fill the op-ed pages with similar dreck, catering to the audience for politically correct, left-wing clickbait.
    — Matthew Continetti, National Review, 22 May 2021
  • There’s a lot of money at stake, so athletes can feel pressure to be politically correct, afraid to use their influence to stand for people who can’t stand for themselves.
    — Greg Moore, azcentral, 20 Mar. 2020
  • But putting upper class white people on edge is the satirical aim here, as is Chloe Fineman’s politically correct mom.
    — Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 15 Dec. 2024
  • Hill has the right to do the critical work of shaping a new kind of narrative that stretches beyond the politically correct niceties of sports journalism.
    — Denene Millner, Glamour, 14 Sep. 2017
  • We aren't socialized for bold behavior — we are socialized to being politically correct, to not rocking the boat and to get people to like us.
    — Andy Gole, Forbes, 7 May 2021
  • The battle against politically correct art and its cultural milieu goes back to the 1990s.
    — Diedrich Diederichsen, Artforum, 1 Dec. 2025

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