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Example sentences for: politicking

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

Glenn is allergic to such politicking.
Gingrich is blamed for the party's sinking popularity, but leaders still practice his brand of antagonistic, moralistic politicking.
Ron Brownstein, who chronicled Beatty's politicking in The Power and the Glitter , notes that Beatty may be the only star in Hollywood history who preferred to participate in politics from behind the scenes.
I agree with Ashok Mohapatra's basic thesis in Politicking with Words [XXII, 1, 1], but I think his search for elegant formulations obscured his judgment in the selection of examples he cites to make his point regarding the new German dictionary.
Ever since Harry Truman mocked the "do-nothing Congress," our nation's representatives have been sensitive to charges that their time is spent only in pandering, politicking, and pot thumping.