party cry

Example Sentences

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The Juarists saluted him by their party cry, "Viva la libertad!"

From France in the Nineteenth Century by Latimer, Elizabeth

Responsible government had ceased to be a party cry and had become the common heritage of all Canadians.

From The Canadian Dominion; a chronicle of our northern neighbor by Skelton, Oscar Douglas

He belonged to no camp; he was a slave to no party cry; utterly unselfish, his sole aim was to seek after the truth for the sake of truth, and to proclaim it.

From An Outline of Russian Literature by Baring, Maurice

It remained for a second French revolution, combined with the infatuation of English tories, to supply the motive power which converted a party cry into a national demand for justice.

From The Political History of England - Vol XI From Addington's Administration to the close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837) by Brodrick, George C. (George Charles)

The party cry of ‘driving out the pollution’ was raised against the Alcmaeonidae and other families in Athens, who were supposed to lie under a traditional curse.

From The Seven Plays in English Verse by Sophocles