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How to use pander in a sentence

18 example sentences · noun, verb

Pander means a person who furthers the illicit love-affairs of others; a pimp or procurer. Example: “His latest speech panders to the worst instincts of the electorate.”

Examples of pander by meaning

nounA person who furthers the illicit love-affairs of others; a pimp or procurer.

  • It was not only the brilliant phalanx of virtuous dowagers, generals and academicians with whom he was most intimately associated that Swann so cynically compelled to serve him as panders.1992, Moncrieff/Kilmartin/Enright, translating Marcel Proust, Swann’s Way, Folio Society 2005, p. 190

nounOne who ministers to the evil designs and passions of another.

  • Hindu boys are, first, panders, and second, remarkably skillful and pertinacious beggars.1944 May, Gilbert E. Fuller Jr, “Chanute and Points West”, in The Atlantic

verbTo tempt with, to appeal or cater to (improper motivations, etc.); to assist in gratification.

  • His latest speech panders to the worst instincts of the electorate.

verbTo offer (something or someone) in order to tempt or appeal, especially to base or improper motivations.

  • But he pandered the rumor linking Spear to a whole string of dastardly deeds.1980 April 19, Mitzel, “Barbre Murder Grand Jury: Puccini Outtake”, in Gay Community News, page 1

More sentences with pander

  • Who are pandering at the expense of critically ill infants and children.2008, Daily News Editorials, Pols' sick ploy. From the entry pandersome
  • John walked over to the women on the couch with a pandering smile.2000, Peter Scott Harmyk, Say Good-Bye to Johnnie Blue, Ivy House Publishing Group, →ISBN. From the entry fluff girl
  • Cynics saw an opportunist pandering to the gullible masses.2026 July 1, Will Oremus, “So Long to America’s Favorite Everymensch”, in Jeffrey Goldberg, editor, The Atlantic, Washington, D.C.: The…. From the entry psyop
  • Sunak should also ponder as he panders.2023 May 31, Nigel Harris, “GBR now! We have no Plan B”, in RAIL, number 984, page 3. From the entry leaderless
  • I'm sure even Donald Trump, who was once pro-choice but now panders to evangelicals, has qualms about criminalizing abortion.2023 December 16, Maureen Dowd, “Supreme Contempt for Women”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN…. From the entry supermobilized
  • The creators are just pandering to their audience.2015, Derek Padula, Dragon Soul: 30 Years of Dragon Ball Fandom. From the entry quintessentialness
  • They trigger it, and pander to it, by hucksterizing how Good and Great and The Best we are.2004, Alan Goldfein, Europe's Macadam, America's Tar. From the entry hucksterize
  • Politicians who want to pander for votes do very well by engaging in fearmonging and appealing to the lowest common denominator.2004 January 5, nrf, “OT- What's wrong with Outsourcing”, in alt.certification.cisco (Usenet), retrieved 18 May 2022. From the entry fearmong
  • Bond saw luck as a woman, to be softly wooed or brutally ravaged, never pandered to or pursued.1953, Ian Fleming, “Rouge et Noir”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 48. From the entry ravage
  • It found new things on which to pander, as the tribal drums thudded and the smoke-talk climbed the Australian sky.1932 September 27, The Sun, Sydney, page 20, column 7. From the entry smoke-talk
  • If a propagandum play may be justly called sensational what shall we say of one which panders to obscenity?1919 July, Wilton Lackaye, “Is the Stage of Today Worth While?”, in Theatre Magazine, volume XXX, number 221, New York, N.Y.: The Theatre…. From the entry propagandum
  • Really, I can't understand why anyone would want to work in a restaurant, pandering to the random whims of the great unhosed.2011, Carlos Alba, Kane's Ladder, Birlinn, →ISBN. From the entry great unhosed
  • He pandered to this, keeping a tin of funsize chocolate bars to hand and using them shamelessly and almost always successfully as bribes.2001, Sarah Harrison, The Grass Memorial, Flame, Hodder & Stoughton, →ISBN, page 229. From the entry funsize
  • And now he told the members of Local Leesville what he thought of those tea-party revolutionists who pandered to the respectability of a church-ridden community.1919, Upton Sinclair, Jimmie Higgins, Pasadena, Chapter III, Part II, p. 27. From the entry church-ridden

Meaning of pander

  1. noun A person who furthers the illicit love-affairs of others; a pimp or procurer.
  2. noun An offer of illicit sex with a third party.
  3. noun An illicit or illegal offer, usually to tempt.

Full definition of pander

Questions about pander in a sentence

How do you use pander in a sentence?
Pander is used as a noun and verb. For example: “His latest speech panders to the worst instincts of the electorate.”
What is a short sentence with pander?
“Sunak should also ponder as he panders.”
What does pander mean?
Pander means a person who furthers the illicit love-affairs of others; a pimp or procurer.

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