How to Use centrist in a Sentence

centrist

noun
  • The candidate hopes to appeal to centrists nationwide.
  • Trump is not a centrist in the sense of one who unites the parties.
    — Kyle Sammin, Washington Examiner, 12 Nov. 2020
  • But wait, here come the centrists to solve the riddle!
    — Cerys Jones, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2026
  • But this is about those who do not back him, many of whom are centrists and moderates.
    — Peggy Noonan, WSJ, 8 Mar. 2018
  • By running as middle-of-the-road centrists.
    — Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Phillips sees Patrick as the centrist who can win back the White House.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 18 Nov. 2019
  • Centrists believe in change too, but only to an extent—at least for now.
    — Will Johnson, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
  • Samuels ran as a centrist who challenged her on policing issues.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 10 Aug. 2022
  • At the same time, centrists swung against a left that had indulged its purist tendencies.
    — Michelle Goldberg, Mercury News, 27 June 2026
  • Delaney was one of several centrists on the stage who took on Sens.
    — Anna North, Vox, 31 July 2019
  • But neither can call themselves a centrist, so what are less partisan diehards to do?
    — Amanda Luberto, The Arizona Republic, 4 Sep. 2024
  • Which is why the Musk thesis feels seductive to parts of the right and to tech centrists.
    — Newsweek Editors, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
  • And that was part of the problem for centrist-leaning members in this year's elections.
    — Kerry Picket, Washington Examiner, 4 Dec. 2020
  • As a centrist, Bayrou barely managed to walk that tightrope.
    — Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
  • His claim to be a centrist is verifiable, logical and clear for all to see.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 17 Feb. 2024
  • Will the idealists who backed left-wing populism grit their teeth and vote for a centrist (Macron)?
    — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 15 Apr. 2022
  • Mayorkas had honed a public image that was well suited for the moment—a centrist with a heart.
    — Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 17 Feb. 2024
  • Casten is more of a centrist while Newman is more of a liberal.
    — Amber Phillips, Washington Post, 28 June 2022
  • And there is a race within the race -- between the party’s progressive wing and its centrists.
    — oregonlive.com, 30 July 2019
  • Democratic centrists pushed back against the attacks.
    — Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 11 Nov. 2025
  • All the same, Gonez has tried to position herself as a centrist who can work with both factions.
    — Howard Blume Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2020
  • Tan referred to himself as a moderate or centrist.
    — Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Austria's three-party centrist coalition is now joining the trend.
    — ABC News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Progressives clash with centrists over the scope and speed of the changes needed to address the country’s ills.
    — Michael Bobelian, Washington Post, 29 June 2023
  • And in two years, centrist Yair Lapid, will take the position as part of an agreement.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 15 June 2021
  • The socialists will hold safe seats while the centrists represent swing states and districts.
    — W. James Antle Iii, The Washington Examiner, 27 June 2026
  • Joe Manchin, of course, is flirting with a run, a run as a centrist backed by No Labels.
    — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 6 Aug. 2023
  • McCaskill served two terms in the Senate and is now, in her last week, one of its few ardent centrists.
    — Mattie Kahn, Glamour, 21 Dec. 2018
  • Other centrists on the right and the left would also need to back a Bertrand candidacy.
    — Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune Europe, 9 July 2024
  • That document laid out strategies for electing centrists to the council.
    — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2026

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