How to Use politic in a Sentence

politic

adjective
  • It would not be politic to ignore them.
  • In some places, the body politic knew how to deal with summer heat.
    — Laurie Lange, The Denver Post, 12 Mar. 2017
  • Coaxing out his talents fell to a more politic peer.
    — Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
  • But the professor’s words on Twitter were not nearly so politic.
    — Cleve R. Wootson Jr. and Susan Svrluga, Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2018
  • But the professor's words on Twitter were not nearly so politic.
    — The Washington Post, AL.com, 25 Apr. 2018
  • For his part, Márki-Zay didn’t give the most politic concession speech.
    — John Fund, National Review, 5 Apr. 2022
  • Florida has had enough of pettiness, politic stunts and petulance.
    — Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Jan. 2026
  • But some of those friends were decidedly less politic when contacted by a reporter.
    — New York Times, 16 Oct. 2021
  • Even the ever-politic Hough couldn't come to the animal rescue for the second week.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 29 Sep. 2020
  • Clinton did not shy away from the politic drama that has followed her since the 2016 election.
    — Alix Langone, Time, 20 May 2018
  • Fox News is not exactly known for their nuanced (or accurate) takes on politic discourse.
    — refinery29.com, 13 Aug. 2020
  • Read through a skeptical lens, Bamba was just volunteering a politic response.
    — Chris Johnson, SI.com, 16 Mar. 2018
  • There are many CEOs who always do the politic thing, who look right, appear in the correct places, dress right, keep calm in the public eye.
    — Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 31 Dec. 2025
  • The ravages of time Populism isn’t necessarily a toxin to the body politic, but some strains can prove corrosive.
    — Uri Friedman, The Atlantic, 4 June 2017
  • The cri de coeur of Brexit reflects the body politic’s diminishing interest in, bordering on outright dismissal of, facts and expertise.
    — Simon Parkin, Bloomberg.com, 8 Aug. 2017
  • Included with the politic petition were cellphone photos of Cole giving the Nazi salute and standing in front of the Auschwitz death camp in Germany.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 19 Oct. 2019
  • The mass stoppage wasn't due to the coronavirus, but outrage over another pandemic, that of racial injustice, politic brutality, and the disregard for Black lives.
    — Claire Zillman, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2020
  • These actions would be politic as well as morally correct, insuring that the Democratic Party’s most reliable base will be able to vote unimpeded in the 2022 midterms.
    — Jelani Cobb, The New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2020
  • What’s depicted focuses on the advances these early feminists made at the school and in society, and the personal tensions between the relentlessly radical Marks and the more politic Woolley.
    — Manuel Mendoza, Dallas Morning News, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Meanwhile, as the early promise of a coronavirus-free summer has given way to new mask mandates and other restrictions, public hostility toward vaccine holdouts has spurred accusations of politic grandstanding, ignorance and selfishness.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 31 July 2021

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