Example Sentences

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“I’m a formalist and legalist by orientation,” he said.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 4, 2022

We live now in this cancel culture, and as for me, everyone can have their own opinions, but I am one of these guys who can be called a "legalist," and less a moralist.

From Salon • Nov. 18, 2021

Oswald Ryan, 58, another Harvard lawyer and one of the original members of the board, is CAB's legalist, steady, if not brilliant.

From Time Magazine Archive

From there, Goulart hoped to lead a "counterattack of the legalist forces."

From Time Magazine Archive

He was equally far removed from the excesses of the legalist, the pietist, the ascetic, and the enthusiast.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various