How to Use un-American in a Sentence
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Look, there's almost no idea more un-American than the idea that any one person could choose which votes to count for president of the United States.
— Nbc Universal, NBC News, 13 Aug. 2023 -
But convincing people to get out of them—even just for a stroll to the corner store—is viewed as dangerous, foolhardy, and maybe even un-American.
— Max Holleran, The New Republic, 25 Apr. 2023 -
Trying to suppress and denigrate someone who doesn’t share your views is abhorrent and un-American .
— Letters To The Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 18 June 2024 -
So, there is nothing more un-American than having our personal freedoms taken away.
— Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 8 Apr. 2024 -
Willfully electing a dictator to the presidency is the most un-American thing a citizen can do.
— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 14 Jan. 2024 -
That’s why, in Maryland and elsewhere, a coalition of artists, creative economy leaders, civil rights and free speech groups, academics and lawyers have come together to stop this un-American practice.
— Kevin Liles, Baltimore Sun, 6 Mar. 2024 -
That double standard is both un-American and unacceptable.
— Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 13 June 2023 -
My exclusion by Presidents Biden and Trump from the debate is undemocratic, un-American, and cowardly.
— Ted Johnson, Deadline, 20 June 2024 -
As a result, many Americans now accept the idea that, per Trump, government officials are un-American, incompetent, and corrupt.
— Jon D. Michaels, Foreign Affairs, 10 June 2024 -
And what would really blow their un-American minds is that, despite America’s not undeserved reputation for rampant materialism, none of this is about money.
— Matt Thompson, SPIN, 18 July 2024 -
This bipartisan effort is a step in the right direction toward abolishing an inherently un-American practice.
— Jill Jacobson, National Review, 5 Aug. 2023 -
The conservative justices’ greed, conflicts of interest, dishonesty and deeply un-American interpretation of presidential power have led us to this moment.
— Robin Abcarian, The Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2024 -
Political violence is un-American and is never acceptable—never.
— Stephanie Murray, The Arizona Republic, 13 July 2024 -
Political violence is un-American and is never acceptable — never.
— Jessica Boehm, Axios, 16 July 2024 -
None of that, however, exonerates the 352 Republican and Democratic members of Congress who voted for this idiotic, and patently unconstitutional, and irrefutably un-American, bill.
— Thomas Knapp, Orange County Register, 14 Mar. 2024 -
The same practices—treating communities of color as suspicious and potentially un-American, surveilling anti-racist movements while standing aside during escalating white supremacist violence—have continued.
— TIME, 10 Oct. 2023 -
Political violence is unacceptable, senseless, and un-American.
— David Lightman, Sacramento Bee, 14 July 2024
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