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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