Example sentences for: opportunism

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

  • 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."

  • Worse, his snooty righteousness is tinged with opportunism: He's willing to make deals with superiors in return for promotions.

  • This surprising development is partly a matter of pandering to anti-government paranoids in the gun lobby and militia movement; partly anti-Clinton opportunism; partly explained, at least in the CDA case, by the interests of business; but partly, perhaps, principled.

  • Savimbi, who still controls about two-thirds of Angola's territory, blamed his loss of international standing on American opportunism.

  • Their opportunism is a shame, because there's enough texture in Bringing Out the Dead for several movies.


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