How to Use politically correct in a Sentence

politically correct

adjective

• He later realized that his response was not politically correct.
• Now is not the time to be politically correct or afraid to take a stand.
  — Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2021
• Not out of a need to be politically correct but in an attempt to hire the right person, and not just the right man for the job.
  — Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2019
• Some of the things people, such as Sarah’s friends, say in the film are not politically correct.
  — Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Aug. 2024
• In the days leading to the game, all parties toed the politically correct line.
  — Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2022
• Just go ahead and ditch the politically correct naming and call the Bibs the culinary ghetto.
  — Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Oct. 2021
• Maybe that was the politically correct response needed from a team leader who will be in the locker room and in the trenches with the unit.
  — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2020
• The conference hall was packed, with a crowd of more than 1,000 cheering attacks on the press, the liberals and the politically correct.
  — New York Times, 11 Nov. 2021
• Here’s why: This book has some non-politically correct aspects to it.
  — Ellen McGirt, Fortune, 5 July 2022
• Others will simply say that the politically correct left just found something else to whine about.
  — Christopher Harress, AL.com, 23 Sep. 2017
• The movement has taken on a more politically correct moniker since then for many reasons.
  — Danielle Prescod, Harper's BAZAAR, 16 Nov. 2022
• In newspapers at the time, Slick was politically correct, never outing his board as the reason the Pacers passed on Bird.
  — Dana Hunsinger Benbow, USA TODAY, 22 June 2022
• My mood isn’t helped by the armies of self-indulgent, politically correct, self-conscious weirdos that populate the awards stage.
  — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 30 Mar. 2022
• Both will now be constrained by politically correct modes of thought.
  — Joel Zinberg, National Review, 9 June 2021
• It’s one thing to expect this from the [politically correct] police, but not from President Trump.
  — Cami Mondeaux, Washington Examiner, 21 Jan. 2023
• Look, academe has always had a soft spot for politically correct celebrity hires.
  — Tracey Schirra, National Review, 20 July 2021
• Hill has the right to do the critical work of shaping a new kind of narrative that stretches beyond the politically correct niceties of sports journalism.
  — Denene Millner, Glamour, 14 Sep. 2017
• It's considered politically correct at times to talk about good versus evil and clearly there is evil.
  — Fox News, 19 May 2018
• There’s a lot of money at stake, so athletes can feel pressure to be politically correct, afraid to use their influence to stand for people who can’t stand for themselves.
  — Greg Moore, azcentral, 20 Mar. 2020
• The makers of Fiddler’s Journey don’t go against the politically correct shibboleths but work around them.
  — Armond White, National Review, 13 May 2022
• Instead, the school board chose the easy route and sided with the popular politically correct position.
  — Letter Writers, Twin Cities, 11 July 2019
• By speaking the truth of what so many Americans have been conditioned to believe — that America must be great at any cost — Trump has relieved them of the need to be politically correct.
  — Prince Shakur, Teen Vogue, 19 Jan. 2018
• The authors note this, and suggest that the 'missing' 7 people might have denied feeling anything in an effort to be politically correct.
  — Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 30 May 2013
• We aren't socialized for bold behavior — we are socialized to being politically correct, to not rocking the boat and to get people to like us.
  — Andy Gole, Forbes, 7 May 2021
• Jennifer Aniston knows not all of Gen Z sees her breakout '90s show Friends as politically correct…and has feelings about the series and the evolving landscape of comedy.
  — Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 30 Mar. 2023
• There’ll be people who’ll be disappointed with our answer, but our goal wasn’t to find the politically correct answer.
  — Adam Rogers, Wired, 3 June 2020
• Some change their doctrines to be more modern or politically correct.
  — Chris Stirewalt, Fox News, 18 Apr. 2018
• It’s all part of a long, complex process, in which long-overdue inclusion can cause backlash from those who see it as politically correct over-inclusion.
  — al, 26 Feb. 2021
• This is akin to members of Congress sporting fake kente-cloth shawls and taking a knee in a foul moment of fake reverence for ex-con George Floyd, in an act of politically correct prostration.
  — Armond White, National Review, 19 Aug. 2022
• Jenna Ortega shared her thoughts to Vanity Fair about the intersection of Hollywood and politics, mainly how the need for actors to be politically correct often contributes to their loss of integrity.
  — Zack Sharf, Variety, 8 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Dec 2024