How to use liberal in a sentence

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• Our school focuses primarily on the liberal arts (read "useless degrees").From the entry read
• The Constitution is anchored in English liberal thought and the Magna Carta.From the entry constitution
• It used to be that songs could not spell things out, but society is more liberal now.From the entry spell things out
• She's unpopular enough that photos of her are used in elections to beat on liberal candidates.From the entry beat on
• Crossing the river got him beyond his old nemesis' sheriffdom and into the territory of a more liberal authority.From the entry sheriffdom
• The Democrats are a party controlled by elites, liberals and special interest groups.2025 January 31, Doug Sosnik, “Trump is Already Failing. That’s the Key to a Big Democratic Rebound.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry special interest group
• Horseshoe theory is something liberals came up with to demonize communism and equate it with fascism.2025 June 3, u/dontlosethegame, “Stalin on horseshoe theory”, in Reddit, r/LateStageCapitalism, archived from the original on 09 Oct 2025. From the entry fishhook theory
• “Reform Jews continue to hold overwhelmingly liberal worldviews and political values,” Rabbi Rick Jacobs wrote.2025 July 2, Michael Weissenstein, “After centuries of isolation, ultra-Orthodox Jews engage with the world more than ever”, in Los…. From the entry October 7th
• Its misgivings about immigration have smudged some of the liberal lustre it once had.2023 February 11, Janan Ganesh, “After Germany’s fall, which is the paragon nation?”, in FT Weekend, London: The Financial Times Ltd.…. From the entry luster
• The government knows that the liberal broadsheet press is shot through with anti-Putin, borderline Russophobic prejudice.2022 January 24, Tim Black, “The UK Must Stop Meddling in Ukraine: Boris Johnson’s Sabre-rattling is Both Desperate and Dangerous”, in Tom…. From the entry bête noire
• These qualities tend to predominate among conservatives but they are present among liberals too.2021 April 29, Sabrina Tavernise, “Vaccine Skepticism Was Viewed as a Knowledge Problem. It’s Actually About Gut Beliefs.”, in The New…. From the entry predominate
• He is a self-defined “classical liberal” who values individual liberty and small government.2018 September 18, Rebecca Lewis, “Alternative Influence: Broadcasting the Reactionary Right on YouTube”, in Data & Society, archived from…. From the entry self-defined
• It's a fairly paralyzing time to be a guilty white American liberal.2017 January 3, Jesse Singal, “Guilty White Liberals Are Purchasing Racial Indulgences”, in Intelligencer, New York, N.Y.: New York Media…. From the entry race-baity
• Ten years ago, liberals pined for a post-religious right, a different culture war.2016 August 14, Ross Douthat, “A Playboy for President”, in The New York Times. From the entry pine
• He was talking about liberals and liberalism of the kind that never, ever plays in Peoria.2016 January 15, Peter Roff, “Cruz-ified”, in U.S. News, retrieved 11 Oct 2016. From the entry play in Peoria
• And the worst part is that the liberals and other real life villains (ex.2016 March 17, Jon Savitt, “A Letter From Your Local Trump Supporter”, in The Huffington Post, New York, N.Y.: Oath Inc., →OCLC, archived…. From the entry Obamerica
• In the early post-Soviet years the Russian elite was divided into liberal westernisers and pragmatic nationalists.2015 June 28, Jonathan Steele, “Yevgeny Primakov obituary”, in Observer. From the entry westerniser
• You can’t win an election here calling for reprivatisation and liberal economic reforms.”2015 July 21, Nick Miroff, “‘Kirchnerismo’ politics set to outlast Argentina’s outgoing president”, in The Guardian. From the entry reprivatisation
• The final, the Munich-based liberal newspaper writes, was a “fitting punchline” to a great tournament.2014 July 14, Philip Oltermann, “World Cup final press reaction: Germany’s win a ‘fitting punchline’”, in The Guardian. From the entry punch line
• Despite being a raging liberal, he was always mindful of my pretention-fueled, Fox Newsian conservatism.2014, Amy D. Brooks, My Name is Amelia, and I'm a Sociopath, page 15. From the entry Fox Newsian
• After the deadly shooting attack at Barnoar, liberal homophobia surfaced along with support for the community.2013 June, Aeyal Gross, “Israel's liberal homophobia”, in ILGA. From the entry liberal homophobia
• She writes romantic fantasy and science fiction, and makes liberal use of the substance known as handwavium.2012, Imogen Howson, Blood of the Volcano, Cincinnati, Oh.: Samhain Publishing, →ISBN, page 167. From the entry handwavium
• President Obama's style leaves liberal activists in the Democratic Party cold.2010, Kirk Victor, National Journal, volume 42, number 35, page 4. From the entry pugilist
• She is cast as an “extreme liberal” and “ruthless partisan,” out of step with the mainstream.2010 October 9, Mark Leibovich, “Vilified or Not, Pelosi Insists She’s Winning”, in The New York Times, page A1. From the entry bogywoman
• To them, we were the dope-smuggling hippie liberals, the prisoner lovers, the pillow fluffers.2009, Sunny Schwartz, Dreams from the Monster Factory. From the entry fluffer
• Eschewing liberal bourgeois notions of politics as compromise exposes this agonic or polemical quality of the political.2009, Christopher C. Robinson, “Theorizing as a Lived Experience: A Wittgensteinian Investigation”, in Wittgenstein and Political Theory…. From the entry agonic
• Jews are liberals because of rachmones, often translated as compassion, but really so much more.2009 September 27, “‘Why Are Jews Liberals?’”, in New York Times. From the entry rachmones
• For liberal humanitarianists, Somalia was significant but only one of many regional conflicts that had humanitarian concerns.2008, Eugene R. Wittkopf, James M. McCormick, The Domestic Sources of American Foreign Policy, page 360. From the entry humanitarianist
• I should have expected Nifonging by liberal rags such as the Herald-Sun.2007 July 28, Dave Highlands, “WE MUST NOT TOLERATE THIS CRUELTY TO ANIMALS”, in St. Petersburg Times. From the entry Nifong
• Still the empty-headed Democrats of the liberal ink squawk that the war is lasting too long.2007 September 15, Joe F. Priola, “Perspective on war”, in Northwest Herald, page 10A. From the entry mental-disordered
• I am convinced that the mental-disordered liberals are the defeatist party.2007 September 15, Joe F. Priola, “Perspective on war”, in Northwest Herald, page 10A. From the entry mental-disordered

Meaning of liberal

1. adjective Generous; permitting liberty; willing to give unsparingly.
2. adjective Ample, abundant; generous in quantity.
3. adjective Widely open to new ideas, willing to depart from established opinions or conventions; permissive.

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Questions about liberal in a sentence

How do you use liberal in a sentence?

Liberal is used as an adjective and noun. For example: “He was liberal with his compliments.”

What is a short sentence with liberal?

“Add a liberal sprinkling of salt.”

What does liberal mean?

Liberal means generous; permitting liberty; willing to give unsparingly.