Example sentences for: partisan

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

  • Here, even the acknowledged wisdom of the Republicans' Reconstruction plans hasn't changed the consensus that they acted from partisan motives.

  • The Mafia (Arabic for "refuge"), also called la cosa nostra ("our thing"), began as a clandestine partisan band in 9 th century Sicily , combating a series of foreign invasions.

  • The NYT reports that President Clinton used sharply partisan language in knocking the Republican budget before a cheering, sympathetic crowd of AFL-CIO members in Las Vegas, saying it "shortchanges our nation's future," by eliminating his new initiatives on education, job training and child care.

  • It's not as if he was picked out of a rope line to play a round of Who Wants to Be a Campaign Accessory; he was a committed partisan duped into portraying no one in particular.

  • The new spin: Politicians are exploiting the scandal for partisan advantage rather than facing up to bipartisan abuse of military privileges.


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