How to Use socialist in a Sentence

socialist

noun
  • But claims from both sides that the young socialist rode a wave of working-class anger are wide of the mark.
    — Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Was this a closet right-winger keeping tabs on the socialists?
    — Joshua Kaplan, ProPublica, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Also, how does a Vermont socialist come to play a role in all this?
    — Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Apr. 2021
  • Bernie Sanders is a socialist who wants to give everything away for free.
    — Chicago Tribune, chicagotribune.com, 6 June 2017
  • His father was a socialist who had been jailed and tortured by Pinochet’s regime.
    — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 6 June 2022
  • There was a clutch of beery socialists with gray ponytails, alongside retirees with canes.
    — William Booth, Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2018
  • Other socialists in the city could target House seats.
    — Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 4 Dec. 2025
  • Even socialists are campaigning against the high cost of living.
    — W. James Antle Iii, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Socialists believe Democrats can run to the left of Obama and win.
    — W. James Antle Iii, The Washington Examiner, 27 June 2026
  • Maduro, a socialist aligned with Havana, pleaded not guilty.
    — Phil Stewart, USA Today, 30 May 2026
  • York talked about socialists already in office who are causing a headache for Democrats.
    — Britta Miller, The Washington Examiner, 27 June 2026
  • The socialist had come hat in hand asking the capitalist for help.
    — Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 27 Nov. 2025
  • The socialists will hold safe seats while the centrists represent swing states and districts.
    — W. James Antle Iii, The Washington Examiner, 27 June 2026
  • What’s behind the rise in democratic socialists in big-city mayoral races?
    — David Hickey, NBC news, 18 June 2026
  • The socialists, the collectivists — of all hues — never rest.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Walton is running for mayor as a socialist, and has faith that will translate for people.
    — Danielle Tcholakian, The New Republic, 18 June 2021
  • At least Mamdani was honest and campaigned as a socialist.
    — Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 7 Feb. 2026
  • But others see Petro as a socialist who will bring only bad things to Colombia.
    — Christina Austin, Fortune, 24 May 2018
  • Democratic socialists should be in their own party.
    — Josh Gottheimer, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
  • But both the socialist and the feminist are aware that not all bodies of water are created equal.
    — Zadie Smith, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
  • But there was a time in Milwaukee's history when socialists ruled the city.
    — Bill Glauber, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 May 2020
  • Though no longer a socialist, Dostoyevsky could never shake his faith in the collective.
    — Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 24 July 2023
  • The 78-year-old democratic socialist is now the front-runner.
    — Caitlin Conant, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2020
  • Kessler said the numbers show the challenge democratic socialists face.
    — Michael Collins, USA Today, 25 June 2026
  • The Bay View socialist posted a fundraising link for his campaign.
    — Daniel Bice, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 Feb. 2021
  • Rutte jettisoned the socialists from his team in forming the new government.
    — Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2017
  • The democratic socialist said it's not lost on him the significance of living in such a place.
    — Marcia Kramer, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2026
  • But the democratic socialist from Vermont could be in trouble -- a lot of trouble.
    — oregonlive.com, 8 Aug. 2019
  • Five years ago, oil was trading at over $100 a barrel, which gave the ruling socialists leeway.
    — Andrew Rosati, Bloomberg.com, 20 May 2018
  • Mamdani, a democratic socialist, wants free city buses and a freeze on New York rents.
    — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 14 July 2025

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