Example sentences for: commentarians

How can you use “commentarians” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • But the liberal commentarians themselves had little to offer in the way of imaginative suggestions, falling back on the usual ideas about expanding the federal role in education, rebuilding the infrastructure, and providing health care to the uninsured.

  • The commentarians mostly thrilled at the style--not the substance--of Clinton's 94-minute press-conference marathon.

  • Having unanimously predicted last week that Reno wouldn't appoint an independent counsel, the commentarians briefly reiterated their positions.

  • As in previous weeks, the two leading conservative commentarians celebrated political apathy as an indication of "national health" (George Will, This Week ) and "a sign of contentment and success of a society" (Charles Krauthammer, Inside Washington ). Giving the conservative theme greater legitimacy were Gwen Ifill ( Meet the Press ) and Mary McGrory ( Meet the Press ), who attributed the new apathy to the new prosperity.

  • Instead of noting that anybody who can control the week's news with a press conference, a foreign-policy announcement, and a tea with domestic dissidents is no lame duck, the pundits indulged in psychobiography: Clinton is frustrated because "the end is now in sight" for his presidency (O'Beirne ) and he has yet to establish his "legacy" (George Will, This Week ; Morton Kondracke, The McLaughlin Group ). Because they will be chewing on the legacy thing for three more years, the commentarians recently ordered a crate of dentures.


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