Example Sentences

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“Money spent very quickly on the military corrupts very quickly,” said Dennis Wilder, a senior fellow at Georgetown University and former U.S. intelligence officer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026

Davidson concedes that “those who worry that power corrupts and that once the right seizes power it too will be corrupted … have a point.”

From Salon • May 13, 2025

What we know about power is that it always corrupts.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 3, 2023

This strain of rationalization feels familiar because it is universal: It’s how power corrupts and how the powerful sleep at night.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2023

I believe having an audience naturally corrupts the per-formance.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan