How to Use leftward in a Sentence

leftward

adjective or adverb

• And the trend of the Democrats has been leftward for a while.
  — Matthew Continetti, National Review, 13 July 2019
• The leftward tilt of the debate also owed partly to who was not on the stage.
  — James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2022
• Woods fought to the end; a short, leftward tee shot on the par-4 18th left him in bogey territory.
  — Sean Gregory, Time, 7 Apr. 2022
• Nor is Labour’s leftward turn likely to be a passing phase.
  — The Economist, 30 Oct. 2019
• Its mission was to push back on what its founders saw as the leftward tilt of American law schools.
  — Kenneth P. Vogel, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2022
• On the one hand, the Ivy Leaguers who do so much of these firms’ work tend strongly leftward in politics.
  — Barton Swaim, WSJ, 17 Mar. 2023
• Even after years of leftward drift, the state’s electorate reaffirmed that ban by a large margin in 2020.
  — Tim Rosenberger, Orange County Register, 7 Feb. 2024
• This is a major leftward shift in how Democrats would approach migrants at the border.
  — Tara Golshan, Vox, 29 July 2019
• Their out-of-the-gate leftward tilt could have a transformative impact, a new book argues.
  — Tyne Phillips Mocek, Axios, 27 Sep. 2024
• Still, the party’s most leftward faction has expressed no desire to pull back.
  — New York Times, 13 Jan. 2022
• Politico analyzes the leftward lean of many of the policies endorsed on last night's debate stage.
  — NBC News, 27 June 2019
• Democrats have been locked out of the governor’s mansion for two decades, but the party is hoping the state’s leftward shift might give them a better chance at the statehouse.
  — Jen Kirby, Vox, 12 June 2018
• Meanwhile, a contingent of moderates are worried that a leftward drift could cost the party seats in the midterms next year.
  — Julie Carr Smyth, chicagotribune.com, 4 Aug. 2021
• In truth his political success was more a product than a cause of the party’s leftward shift.
  — Nr Editors, National Review, 16 Apr. 2020
• It can fairly be described as a leftward movement in the entire party.
  — E.j. Dionne Jr., The Mercury News, 20 June 2019
• Voting habits in the 2024 primaries in the WOW counties also indicate a leftward shift.
  — Annabella Rosciglione, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 18 Aug. 2024
• Latinos have continued their slow, steady move leftward, and Prop.
  — James P. Sutton, National Review, 1 Aug. 2019
• But the Democrats’ turnout advantage in the past year’s special elections put a dent in that hope — and the leftward lurch of elderly whites all but eviscerates it.
  — Eric Levitz, Daily Intelligencer, 10 Apr. 2018
• And in a two-party system, an enormous swing leftward matters.
  — Andrew Sullivan, Daily Intelligencer, 29 Sep. 2017
• And Democrats for the first time since 1961 carried Chesterfield County, a large chunk of the district where demographic shifts have pushed the electorate leftward.
  — Paul Schwartzman, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2018
• If presented with an offer, Garcetti would make his choice amid a leftward shift in L.A. politics.
  — Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2020
• During 2018, Dimon reportedly mulled a run for president, but nixed the idea when the Democrats’ leftward tilt hammered the chances for the Wall Street tycoon.
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 5 June 2023
• Leaving aside the funding challenge, though, the more interesting debate is on what has caused this sharp leftward turn.
  — Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2019
• That the college debt crisis has pushed graduates leftward.
  — David M. Shribman, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Aug. 2022
• But Buttigieg never broadened his breadth of support in a party with a large component of nonwhite voters, and one that has veered leftward since 2018.
  — SFChronicle.com, 1 Mar. 2020
• Meanwhile, Sanders hasn’t built bridges with the more leftward-leaning members of the party establishment.
  — Matthew Yglesias, Vox, 17 Dec. 2018
• This lower level of nationalism is part and parcel of an overall leftward tilt among the Gen Z cohort.
  — Matthew Yglesias, Vox, 26 June 2019
• With Smith or Hardesty on board, the council will all but certainly lean further leftward, and a progressive voting block could emerge.
  — Gordon R. Friedman, OregonLive.com, 15 May 2018
• But some are concerned there is a leftward drift within the evangelical network of churches.
  — Holly Meyer, USA TODAY, 16 June 2021
• Yes, perhaps the leftward drift of the college-educated can be mitigated somewhat by the GOP’s recent gains with the working class.
  — Isaac Schorr, National Review, 14 Apr. 2021

Last Updated: 15 Dec 2024