Example Sentences

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These businesses were picked almost certainly because Shirley and his colleagues have tapped into the long-standing tendency of paranoid reactionaries to make day cares the subject of conspiracy theories.

From Salon • Jan. 5, 2026

Deeply discount the moaning of Hollywood reactionaries and certain podcasters trying to edge themselves into the spotlight.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025

In moving his antihero between Vietnam and 1970s California, home of self-obsessed good vibrations, conflicted refugees and rabid anti-communist reactionaries, Nguyen reveals a series of rich dichotomies.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2025

Or even from prominent reactionaries like Elon Musk and Dave Portnoy.

From Slate • Jul. 22, 2024

I am aware that the reactionaries who read this book will take this sentence out of its context and quote it to prove that I am a "free lover."

From The Book of Life by Sinclair, Upton