How to Use democracy in a Sentence

democracy

noun

• In a democracy, every citizen should have the right to vote.
• The company is not a democracy; decisions are made by a board of directors, not the workers.
• The nation has chosen democracy over monarchy.
• There is democracy within the company.
• Why do some democracies rebuff these kinds of attacks while others fall?
  — The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 10 Dec. 2024
• But future threats to democracy won’t always be so farcical.
  — David Marques, The New Republic, 28 Dec. 2022
• And close to half of the country voted for him despite his record of undermining democracy.
  — Rafael R. Ioris, The Conversation, 9 Jan. 2023
• American democracy hinges on the idea that each branch of government prevents the others from taking too much power.
  — Riley Beggin, USA TODAY, 1 Dec. 2024
• And what our nation has tried to stand for—freedom and democracy, a haven for immigrants, a bulwark against fascism—will soon fundamentally change.
  — Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
• Philly, the cradle of democracy, shares cultural and political identities with both regions.
  — Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 11 Dec. 2024
• America’s main rivals faced internal troubles at the same time that many of the worst democracy deniers were defeated in the U.S. midterm elections.
  — Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2022
• Either way, the vote, expected in December, could determine whether democracy flourishes or shrinks in Bangladesh.
  — Sanya Mansoor, Time, 27 Dec. 2022
• But he had been influenced by his anti-Communist father and his mother’s Roman Catholic upbringing to yearn for life in a democracy.
  — Richard Goldstein, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2023
• And two years ago, the people of Khabarovsk got just a tiny piece of democracy.
  — Robyn Dixon, Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2020
• As wild as that seems, there are a lot worse ways to run a democracy.
  — Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 Aug. 2021
• But there’s a little more tread on the tires of democracy.
  — Kevin Fisher-Paulson, SFChronicle.com, 19 Jan. 2021
• The rule of law and democracy matters to the United States.
  — Aaron Navarro, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2024
• As the late Molly Ivins used to say, democracy is a tool.
  — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 31 Oct. 2017
• Democrats say such state statutes pose a threat to democracy.
  — Arit John, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2022
• The idea, which is roughly a decade old, is that democracy is in retreat around the globe.
  — Casey Newton, The Verge, 30 Oct. 2018
• That carries risks for the armed forces as well as for democracy.
  — The Economist, 11 June 2020
• The party’s claim to embody a form of democracy is not new.
  — Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2021
• Book banning is on the rise, as part of the far-right’s assault on democracy.
  — Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2022
• Yet the threats to democracy remain alarming in the view of most experts.
  — Glenn Gamboa, ajc, 27 Jan. 2021
• But all that fightin' and wrestlin' in this healthy democracy can wait a few more hours.
  — Arkansas Online, 10 Jan. 2023
• Countries with none are shown in white and include some of the largest democracies.
  — Laura Parker, National Geographic, 26 June 2019
• Is a Western-style democracy the surest way to do that?
  — Mark Sappenfield, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 June 2018
• The global wave of democracy did not wash over the Middle East.
  — David Harsanyi, National Review, 16 Mar. 2023
• Our democracy cannot be held hostage to a ratings race.
  — Anthony Leonardi, Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2020
• Is this the best way for a democracy to field its military?
  — Jeff Rice, Twin Cities, 24 June 2019

Last Updated: 28 Dec 2024