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.

She fails all the way up to the vice presidency before, at last, taking the fall for all her bosses’ sins.

From Salon • May 24, 2026

The Vances are the youngest family to occupy the vice presidency since Al Gore’s young children lived at the Naval Observatory.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026

Then, in 2024, he had to have the dotty idea to throw himself into contention for the vice presidency.

From Slate • Jan. 10, 2026

The personality of their bosses also explains why Harris and Vance approached the vice presidency in different ways.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2025

It was difficult to think of the ever-combative, highly combustible champion of the American Revolution as extraneous and invisible, but that is what the vice presidency had made him.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis