party cry
Example Sentences
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He saw the danger of allowing responsible government to remain a party cry, and he removed "that most delicate and debatable subject" from party politics by conceding the whole position.
From British Supremacy & Canadian Self-Government, 1839-1854 by Morison, J. L. (John Lyle)
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
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 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)
