How to Use government in a Sentence

government

noun

• The government has been slow to react to the crisis.
• The country has been damaged by many years of weak government.
• She works for the federal government.
• He is a firm believer in democratic government.
• We learned about different methods of government.
• We need to improve relations with foreign governments.
• But there are folks in the government that the police can't reach.
  — Detroit Free Press, 26 Aug. 2023
• If no bill is passed, parts of the government would shut down.
  — Katy Stech Ferek, WSJ, 15 Nov. 2022
• The shuttering of the government for more than a month.
  — Emily Cochrane, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2021
• The dogs and the fencing are funded by the government, though their upkeep is not.
  — Kate Brady, Washington Post, 13 Aug. 2023
• Now, the government has to come up with a system quickly.
  — Luke Darby, GQ, 27 June 2018
• There are pro-Russian parties in the government and in some groups in town.
  — Maggie Rulli, ABC News, 31 Mar. 2022
• But models show why the Chinese government still wants to keep a lid on.
  — Bydennis Normile, science.org, 6 Dec. 2022
• The government hopes to put it in place around mid-January.
  — Fox News, 8 Jan. 2022
• Sullivan has been a donor to Democrats for decades and has worked in state government.
  — Tom Loftus, The Courier-Journal, 20 July 2017
• The government has played an active role in shaping the Maldives as a tourist hotspot.
  — Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 31 Mar. 2024
• The offer to sell the government our company for $1 still stands.
  — Elliott J. Millenson, STAT, 9 Jan. 2022
• The government has pressured the platforms not to do anything.
  — Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2023
• Dad was perceived, in many instances, as a hawk, and a mouthpiece or spokesman for the government.
  — Patrick Monahan, HWD, 21 Dec. 2017
• If no heir could be found, the property was returned to the government.
  — Gary Singer, sun-sentinel.com, 10 Feb. 2022
• The new government won the historic support of an Arab party.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 13 June 2021
• That leaves the city government, which helps with security, in the dark.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 13 June 2019
• But what worked for the right-wing government of Poland did not work for the pro-Europe President of Ukraine.
  — Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2023
• Rather, the outsourcing is from the government directly to all of us.
  — Rajesh D. Nayak, Slate Magazine, 22 Dec. 2017
• There were elections, a new government and a heady feeling of change.
  — Noam Cohen, Wired, 29 Jan. 2021
• Close to 1,000 trainee air traffic controllers will be off the job next week if Congress doesn't reach a deal to fund the government.
  — Amanda Maile, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2023
• The post office and most banks, non-essential government offices, and schools are closed for the day.
  — Megan Stein, Country Living, 14 Feb. 2019
• The state has been little help, the federal government even less.
  — Steve Bailey, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Sep. 2019
• Question: How does the government decide who gets to telework and when?
  — Eric Yoder, Washington Post, 26 Dec. 2017
• Walker had cut the checks nearly in half to pay for government services.
  — Kelsey Brugger, Scientific American, 12 July 2018

Last Updated: 27 Apr 2024