Example sentences for: tory

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

  • Take the story in England that has been running for the past two weeks and more--the revelation that Jeffrey Archer, the famous novelist and a Tory parliamentary whip, who had announced his Conservative candidacy for the mayor of London, was shown to have lied and covered up a liaison with a prostitute a dozen years ago.

  • Tory leader William Hague flayed Blair in the House of Commons.

  • Given the Tory government's unpopularity, the attack on old Labor matters more.

  • Chris Patten, who himself comes from the "wet" side of the Tory fence, sharply increased social spending in his budgets, the business community thundered (rightly, I happen to think) that the proposals had been introduced with scant regard for long-term implications.

  • In Britain, you regularly have parliamentary debates in which some limit is imposed on health-care spending and some huffy back-bencher (once Labour, now Tory) demands why the minister for health just murdered his grandmother.


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