How to Use conservative in a Sentence

conservative

1 of 2 adjective

• She's more conservative now than she was in college.
• She is a liberal Democrat who married a conservative Republican.
• The combat here is conservative to the point of dullness.
  — Steven Strom, Ars Technica, 8 Nov. 2017
• Reds make up 35% of the country and hold conservative views on most issues.
  — Johanna Blakley, Quartzy, 5 July 2019
• Ronald Reagan rode a conservative wave from Hollywood all the way to the White House.
  — TIME, 17 Apr. 2024
• Mack brought Finch’s case to the attention of the conservative media.
  — Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2018
• All of this has come at a time when the Chargers are attempting to be more conservative with their starters.
  — Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2019
• Arts funding is going away, and conservative forces are trying to shut the mouth of art.
  — Jane Ratcliffe, Longreads, 14 Mar. 2020
• His other target was, in the context of the day, conservative.
  — William Hogeland, The New Republic, 25 Jan. 2021
• All of that to say, Tim’s sense of humor has been a hit for years (though some take issue with his conservative beliefs).
  — Megan Stein, Country Living, 6 Apr. 2019
• Norquist is also the wife of conservative tax activist Grover Norquist.
  — Yeganeh Torbati, ProPublica, 18 July 2019
• It's called Law Forward, and it's meant to push back against conservative causes.
  — Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2020
• Barrasso is widely seen as the most conservative of the three men.
  — Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 28 Feb. 2024
• Mary Anne was more conservative, and a devout Catholic.
  — refinery29.com, 15 Mar. 2018
• But Randolph, a conservative man in manners and morals, knew Rustin’s value and stood by him.
  — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023
• And conservative politicians have eagerly latched on to the school’s work.
  — Emma Green, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2023
• In response, a conservative youth group promised free copies.
  — Hannah Knowles and Hannah Natanson, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Nov. 2021
• The six conservative justices on the court aren’t threatening to abolish Congress or seize control of the White House, of course.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 3 Oct. 2023
• The conservative push to restrict birth control just might.
  — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Mar. 2024
• And my guesstimate of 5 percent will be conservative for some states.
  — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 12 Sep. 2022
• The 34-year-old confirmed the news on Friday on X, the platform where most of the drama between the two conservative media figures played out.
  — Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Mar. 2024
• The ruling broke down along the court’s conservative and liberal blocs.
  — Stephen Singer, courant.com, 30 June 2018
• In October 2022, it was announced that Kanye West, who goes by Ye, planned to buy the conservative social app.
  — Kait Hanson, Peoplemag, 29 Nov. 2023
• Boom, that’s a bottle right there, and that’s being conservative.
  — Bon Appétit, 14 Oct. 2021
• Yet the company has thus far been conservative about how long the benefits of work from home and the pandemic may last.
  — Anne Sraders, Fortune, 23 June 2020
• The concerns under the law about this anti-conservative bias are not provable.
  — Ariana Garcia, Chron, 28 Sep. 2021
• There can no room in the conservative movement for apologists for Putin.
  — ABC News, 23 Oct. 2022
• The sum is conservative and accounts for contracts with a value of $7 million or more.
  — Stephen Singer, courant.com, 25 Feb. 2022
• The first-time governor's conservative goals are also on the line this Election Day.
  — Olivia Rinaldi, CBS News, 6 Nov. 2023
• However, a conservative wing of Senate Republicans has joined their House counterparts in calling for debate on the charges facing Mayorkas.
  — Deirdre Walsh, NPR, 17 Apr. 2024

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conservative

2 of 2 noun

• His message is being well received by conservatives.
• The spendthrifts will spend more and the conservative will spend less.
  — David John Marotta, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2022
• The, the, the conservative said, ah, that’s a left wing magazine.
  — Staff Reports, cleveland, 10 Aug. 2022
• Each has tried to claim the mantle of the only true conservative in the race.
  — New York Times, 27 July 2022
• One friend, a conservative in her 70s, hasn’t left the house in over three weeks.
  — Krista Kafer, The Denver Post, 1 May 2020
• Yet, for a good chunk of conservatives, 2016 gave them hope.
  — The Tylt, cleveland.com, 16 Dec. 2017
• Fitzgerald needs to snag at least one of the four conservatives to give him the 17 votes needed to pass the budget.
  — Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 Sep. 2017
• In the eyes of many, Will is the paradigmatic conservative.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 4 Oct. 2021
• None of this should be news to a conservative like Eastwood.
  — Deroy Murdock, National Review, 3 Mar. 2020
• Certainly any of the four would be favored to join the court in a few months time and give conservatives that 5-to-4 edge.
  — Aaron Blake, Washington Post, 9 July 2018
• MacArthur will dump a ton of money and will be able to raise a bunch of money from conservatives.
  — Amy S. Rosenberg, Philly.com, 1 June 2018
• There was a time in the recent past when a conservative who was told Congress needed to step in to ...
  — Christian Schneider, National Review, 8 Dec. 2022
• And the bill still isn’t enough for conservatives, many of whom are decrying it as amnesty.
  — Tara Golshan, Vox, 21 June 2018
• Georgians have a choice between two men, one a conservative and one on the left.
  — WSJ, 14 Oct. 2022
• Will is among the conservatives who have spoken out against Trump.
  — Ephrat Livni, Quartz, 27 Dec. 2019
• This year, the Court has delivered a host of wins for conservatives.
  — Ezra Klein, Vox, 26 June 2018
• The conservatives use those alternative facts all the time, and so does Trump.
  — Sean Illing, Vox, 15 Nov. 2018
• And, of course, the opposite is true for conservatives.
  — Fox News, 1 June 2018
• The Supreme Court’s conservatives have cast a skeptical eye on the bureau.
  — David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2023
• There is much for a conservative to like about Michael Walzer.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 7 June 2023
• Thomas' rise in some ways has come at the expense of Roberts, himself a lifelong conservative.
  — Fox News, 2 July 2022
• Kavanaugh and Gorsuch were among the four conservatives who would have allowed the law to take effect.
  — Mark Sherman, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Mar. 2020
• That the question was broached at all was seen by some young conservatives as evidence of progress.
  — Nidhi Sharma, NBC News, 25 Aug. 2023
• But he is revered as an unyielding conservative on the far right.
  — Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 30 June 2021
• But in the House, conservatives are pushing Johnson to renege on the budget deal.
  — Marianna Sotomayor, Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2024
• Already, some conservatives in the House are balking about the length of a short-term budget fix designed to buy time to avert a shutdown.
  — Matt Egan, CNN, 21 Aug. 2023
• More often, the chief justice has joined with other conservatives to move the law distinctly to the right.
  — Brent Kendall, WSJ, 2 July 2018
• Molé denied that the fight with The Reporter was part of a broader trend of conservatives attacking the media.
  — Emily Flitter, BostonGlobe.com, 18 June 2023
• But some Christian conservatives are loath to join their brethren in clearing a direct path from the ornate doors of Mar-a-Lago to the pearly gates of Heaven.
  — Michael C. Bender, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2024
• This is the eternal cry of the civilized man at war, the policeman walking the beat -- and the political conservative.
  — Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 12 Apr. 2024

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