How to Use politic in a Sentence

politic

adjective

• It would not be politic to ignore them.
• In some places, the body politic knew how to deal with summer heat.
  — Laurie Lange, The Denver Post, 12 Mar. 2017
• Tupac spoke his mind and his politic skills were amazing.
  — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 11 Apr. 2018
• Even the ever-politic Hough couldn't come to the animal rescue for the second week.
  — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 29 Sep. 2020
• Clinton did not shy away from the politic drama that has followed her since the 2016 election.
  — Alix Langone, Time, 20 May 2018
• But the professor’s words on Twitter were not nearly so politic.
  — Cleve R. Wootson Jr. and Susan Svrluga, Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2018
• But the professor's words on Twitter were not nearly so politic.
  — The Washington Post, AL.com, 25 Apr. 2018
• Included with the politic petition were cellphone photos of Cole giving the Nazi salute and standing in front of the Auschwitz death camp in Germany.
  — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 19 Oct. 2019
• Read through a skeptical lens, Bamba was just volunteering a politic response.
  — Chris Johnson, SI.com, 16 Mar. 2018
• These actions would be politic as well as morally correct, insuring that the Democratic Party’s most reliable base will be able to vote unimpeded in the 2022 midterms.
  — Jelani Cobb, The New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2020
• The cri de coeur of Brexit reflects the body politic’s diminishing interest in, bordering on outright dismissal of, facts and expertise.
  — Simon Parkin, Bloomberg.com, 8 Aug. 2017
• The mass stoppage wasn't due to the coronavirus, but outrage over another pandemic, that of racial injustice, politic brutality, and the disregard for Black lives.
  — Claire Zillman, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2020
• In a state of 20 million, that total would have been barely a pimple on the body politic, except for one critical quality that has carried Mr. Silver through his time as a politician and convicted plunderer.
  — Jim Dwyer, New York Times, 13 July 2017
• Meanwhile, as the early promise of a coronavirus-free summer has given way to new mask mandates and other restrictions, public hostility toward vaccine holdouts has spurred accusations of politic grandstanding, ignorance and selfishness.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 31 July 2021

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024