party cry

Example Sentences

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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

Lady Tyrrell—all the ladies, in fact—have set their minds on it, and if I objected there would instantly be a party cry against me, and that is the one thing I have always avoided.”

From The Three Brides by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

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

Yet he lent himself to the party cry that Pitt was taking his first measures for the re-enslavement of Ireland.

From Burke by Morley, John