How to Use litmus test in a Sentence

litmus test

noun

• The party is using attitudes about gun control as a litmus test for political candidates.
• Even if the president never even asked them what the litmus test, that's the idea.
  — Fox News, 3 July 2018
• The question of which feels truer to Kirk, and to Trek, serves as a litmus test for fans of the show.
  — Keith Phipps, Vox, 29 June 2018
• So perhaps a litmus test for the next justice should simply be: Make him or her a middle child.
  — Adam Sternbergh, The Cut, 11 July 2018
• Holding leadership roles in those territories is a great litmus test for this.
  — Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 23 Oct. 2024
• The Bulldogs, however, will be a truer championship litmus test.
  — Andrew Greif, NBC News, 13 Oct. 2024
• Yet his move away from trading is a litmus test to determine whether multistrategy firms can thrive beyond their legendary founders.
  — Katherine Burton, Fortune, 17 Sep. 2024
• In the co-main event, the fast-rising Kyler Phillips faces veteran Rob Font in a bit of a litmus test for the former.
  — Brian Mazique, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
• Here’s a look at the origin of what could be a new litmus test for the left, and the arguments for and against Democrats staking out a more extreme position on immigration.
  — Margaret Hartmann, Daily Intelligencer, 26 June 2018
• To be sure, the House is doing even less than the Senate to check Trump on trade (an issue that, until very recently, was a litmus test of conservatism).
  — James Hohmann, Washington Post, 12 July 2018
• Stance on family separation is a litmus test to identify the essential moral fiber necessary to be a good community leader.
  — Houston Chronicle, 30 June 2018
• Think of them as more of a Rorschach test than a litmus test.
  — Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 2 Apr. 2021
• Or a litmus test in terms of finding the right fit there?
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 3 May 2022
• The age of 81 alone is not the litmus test of one’s ability to serve.
  — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 3 Aug. 2024
• The litmus test: was the bathroom too small to close the door behind her?
  — Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 16 Sep. 2022
• For decades, ethanol has been a true litmus test in the Hawkeye State.
  — Miranda Green, The New Republic, 10 Feb. 2020
• The matchup with the Vikings will be a good litmus test to see how much the Bengals have improved.
  — Kelsey Conway, The Enquirer, 11 Sep. 2021
• The true litmus test was to see what Forrie J. Smith thinks.
  — Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 30 Aug. 2019
• To me, the litmus test and one of the ways that really shows up for Brady is on third-and-eight.
  — Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2020
• Some view chicken as a litmus test for a kitchen’s skill.
  — Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com, 15 Aug. 2019
• As a kid, the ranking was always the litmus test of success.
  — Nick Williams, Billboard, 14 Jan. 2020
• The resolution process of the housing lender will prove to be a litmus test for the law.
  — Sangeeta Tanwar, Quartz India, 28 Nov. 2019
• The Seagoville game appeared to a key litmus test Pinkston passed.
  — Rick Kretzschmar, Dallas News, 15 Sep. 2022
• How the game goes could be a litmus test for both franchises.
  — Shayna Rubin, The Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2024
• How will that play out in an era when school choice has become a GOP litmus test?
  — Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Mar. 2023
• Rivers' free agency should be a telling litmus test on both fronts.
  — Ben Golliver, courant.com, 25 June 2019
• But the real litmus test is what a host is like behind closed doors.
  — Boris Fishman, Travel + Leisure, 21 Feb. 2022
• If not, what will be the progressive litmus test in 2022?
  — James Pindell, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Dec. 2021
• This sale will be a good litmus test for sports valuations across the industry.
  — Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 23 Oct. 2024
• Wilson is well aware of what kind of litmus test the Niners provide for a team such as the Jets, who are looking to take the next step into becoming a playoff contender.
  — Dj Siddiqi, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 10 Dec 2024