Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

"We want to make sure that the forces that are establishing order in our democracies have these tools, and the forces that want to disrupt us or commit crime, do not."

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

Japan's late prime minister Shinzo Abe had conceived of the Quad, seeing the four democracies as like-minded in the face of China.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

Protecting democracies required "hard power", he said, while "theatrical debates about the merits of developing technologies with critical military and national security applications" would see the US lose ground to its adversaries.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

It was a shocking attack on European democracies.

From Slate • Apr. 9, 2026

This system turned out to be more reliable than working out complicated arrangements with the nervous ambassadors of the foreign democracies.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende