Example sentences for: debate

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

  • Lenzer's report will, we hope, spark discussion and debate about how American medicine—clinicians, researchers, regulatory agencies, and medical journals—can disentangle itself from the influence of the pharmaceutical industry.

  • She stipulated that she wasn't proposing anything like her dominant role in the 1993-'94 health-care debate.

  • Bradley repeatedly called Gore a liar (though he only used the actual l-word after the debate), sneakily compared him to Richard Nixon and Rudy Giuliani, blasted him for pandering to every special interest group under the sun, and wondered how Gore would muster enough public credibility to serve as president if elected.

  • Throughout the entire debate, in fact, Bradley's facial expressions and body language were those of a grown-up compelled to contend with an obnoxious punk.

  • In his opening remarks for Eyes of the Nation: A Visual History of the United States , Librarian of Congress James H. Billington strikes a fondly nationalistic note: "What makes the American narrative unique is the ability we have displayed time and again to remedy our mistakes, to adjust to changing circumstances, to debate and then move on in directions that seem better for all."


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