Example sentences for: pragmatism

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

  • Lott's conservative principles are at odds with the other two defining elements of his personality: political pragmatism and an almost pathological love of efficiency.

  • Modern pragmatism is a powerful brew of relativism--the idea that all truths are situational--and the optimistic belief that things work themselves out in the end.

  • This is an imaginative attempt to dress craven pragmatism as high principle, but it makes no sense.

  • But if he has a political philosophy that goes beyond pro-business pragmatism and personal concern for society's unfortunates, he's hiding it awfully well.

  • (Although it's surprising and fascinating to see what's happened to Sandra Day O'Connor and--of all people--David Souter as they've carved out a middle-of-the-road pragmatism no one could ever have predicted.)


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