Example sentences for: opportunism

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

  • The cover editorial chastises Americans for remaining loyal to President Clinton, calling their fidelity "a mixture of opportunism and delusion."

  • He said Britain sold arms to at least 30 countries whose human rights records fail to receive the Amnesty International seal of approval and that "British foreign policy has long been a confection of self-interest spiced by opportunism and cling-wrapped in sanctimony."

  • The opportunism: Democrats have stuck with Clinton because his poll numbers are high and Republicans have botched impeachment.

  • Then, as the sordidness and opportunism of the candidate and his wife become apparent, the writing turns somber and dirgelike and full of easy moralizing.

  • In Tokyo, the Japan Times said the impeachment drama had been "sordid and embarrassing, lending itself to the worst sort of moralistic posturing and inevitable charges of hypocrisy and opportunism."


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