party cry
Example Sentences
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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 is the least vulnerable of the three, and for this reason it is the least fitted to furnish a party cry.
From The Contemporary Review, January 1883 Vol 43, No. 1 by Various
It believed the denunciation to be a mere party cry, a scream of disappointment and impotence from those who held no places and controlled no patronage.
From American Eloquence, Volume 4 Studies In American Political History (1897) by Johnston, Alexander
A party cry seldom becomes extinct; but its successful revival demands the sense of some tangible grievance.
From A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate by Greenidge, A. H. J. (Abel Hendy Jones)
It was a "party cry" to insist on all occasions upon the trouble which he took in his "trade of King" and the great fatigues which he endured for the public good.
From Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 by Barine, Arvede
