body politic
Example Sentences
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The body politic wages war against itself in Shakespeare’s tragedy, and the all-out battle makes for a gripping spectacle in Griffith Park.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
It was the most extreme expression of a wound to the body politic that has been allowed to fester.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 14, 2025
What hope of freedom was there unless Black Americans were accepted as full members of the body politic?
From Slate ● Oct. 7, 2025
As I continue this journey, I believe the most important strategy that has been omitted to date is holistic healing for our body politic.
From Salon ● Jan. 21, 2025
Or if one wished to think biologically rather than architecturally, the body politic had yet to develop its immunities to the political diseases afflicting all new nations.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
