zealot

Example Sentences

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The same 20 zealots who denied McCarthy the speakership until he gave them the keys to the car are now about to drive the vehicle off a cliff and into default.

From Washington Post

Gun zealots’ substantive opposition to Mr. Chipman has crystallized around his support for a ban on assault weapons — a policy that 6 in 10 Americans also favor.

From Washington Post

Too bad the anti-history political zealots of today work so hard to erase the inheritance he left us.

From Washington Times

“Religious zealots run the place,” Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina complained this week.

From Los Angeles Times

The same people who want her out openly abhor what they call “cancel culture,” but, it appears, only when those being cancelled are either right wing zealots or, perhaps, racists who show their true colors.

From Seattle Times