body politic

Example Sentences

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It was the most extreme expression of a wound to the body politic that has been allowed to fester.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 14, 2025

For example, the Vietnam War wound down and no longer was this gaping wound on the body politic.

From Slate • Sep. 12, 2025

That’s unhealthy for the body politic — and for voters themselves.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2024

And if the fish happens to be so contaminated it will poison the body politic, you’ll take the chicken.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 30, 2023

I maintain that one reaches this princedom either with the favour of the common people or with that of the nobility, since these two different humours are found in every body politic.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli