Examples of political animal in a Sentence
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Massie is nevertheless a different political animal than some of Trump’s past intraparty foils.
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W. James Antle Iii, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 12 Mar. 2025
Some see him as a political animal, walking a winding path to power in and out of both government and favor.
—John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
Detroit Free Press William Roberts, a political animal who loved Walled Lake, his wife and serving the Lord with equal vigor, died Saturday after a long illness.
—M.l. Elrick, Detroit Free Press, 5 Dec. 2024
Make no mistake about it – Watergate was a political animal or a zoo of political animals.
—Jim Prochnow, The Denver Post, 1 Sep. 2024
In the political animal kingdom of elephants, donkeys, and RINOs, Larry Hogan is a unicorn.
—Charles Kay, Baltimore Sun, 30 July 2024
Read: The most political animal This continuously recurring notion of some harmonious stability ignores the reality of nature’s constant dynamic flux.
—Leigh Phillips, The Atlantic, 9 July 2024
As the brothers locking horns at the play’s center — the principled Dr. Thomas Stockmann and the political animal Mayor Peter Stockmann, caught up in the revelations of an environmental scandal — Jeremy Strong and Michael Imperioli both bring a vigorous contemporary affect to the material, too.
—Vulture Editors, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2024
McCarthy’s tiger that gobbled him up was a political animal hungry for attention, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), supported by a small band of hard-right Republican mutineers.
—George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2023
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W. James Antle Iii, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 12 Mar. 2025
Some see him as a political animal, walking a winding path to power in and out of both government and favor.
—John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
Detroit Free Press William Roberts, a political animal who loved Walled Lake, his wife and serving the Lord with equal vigor, died Saturday after a long illness.
—M.l. Elrick, Detroit Free Press, 5 Dec. 2024
Make no mistake about it – Watergate was a political animal or a zoo of political animals.
—Jim Prochnow, The Denver Post, 1 Sep. 2024
In the political animal kingdom of elephants, donkeys, and RINOs, Larry Hogan is a unicorn.
—Charles Kay, Baltimore Sun, 30 July 2024
Read: The most political animal This continuously recurring notion of some harmonious stability ignores the reality of nature’s constant dynamic flux.
—Leigh Phillips, The Atlantic, 9 July 2024
As the brothers locking horns at the play’s center — the principled Dr. Thomas Stockmann and the political animal Mayor Peter Stockmann, caught up in the revelations of an environmental scandal — Jeremy Strong and Michael Imperioli both bring a vigorous contemporary affect to the material, too.
—Vulture Editors, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2024
McCarthy’s tiger that gobbled him up was a political animal hungry for attention, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), supported by a small band of hard-right Republican mutineers.
—George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2023
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“Political animal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/political%20animal. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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