How to Use conservative in a Sentence

conservative

1 of 2 adjective
  • She's more conservative now than she was in college.
  • She is a liberal Democrat who married a conservative Republican.
  • Many conservative groups have done the same thing.
    Joshua Sammons, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
  • The fund holds a mix of stocks, bonds and cash that grows more conservative as you age.
    Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 24 Mar. 2026
  • In response, a conservative youth group promised free copies.
    Hannah Knowles and Hannah Natanson, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Nov. 2021
  • Faith comes in the belief that these voices will drown out the conservative forces.
    Literary Hub, 9 June 2026
  • Maybe that is part of the reason for a more conservative approach.
    Amy Lawrence, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Russell was also more conservative with his hard tires in stint two.
    Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Then a conservative radio host piled on with his own lawsuit.
    Jess Bidgood, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Oct. 2022
  • That wasn’t just the conservative white guys — that was the liberals too.
    Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 12 May 2026
  • The first is more conservative.
    Jon MacKenzie, New York Times, 27 May 2026
  • Lee warns that Prabowo could be less conservative with spending.
    Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 15 Feb. 2024
  • And then the three most conservative justices in the dissent.
    Dana Taylor, USA Today, 1 July 2026
  • Arts funding is going away, and conservative forces are trying to shut the mouth of art.
    Jane Ratcliffe, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
  • Often, that mix becomes more conservative as your child ages.
    Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 19 May 2026
  • And my guesstimate of 5 percent will be conservative for some states.
    Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 12 Sep. 2022
  • The seat is open due to the retirement of a conservative justice.
    Scott Bauer, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Barrasso is widely seen as the most conservative of the three men.
    Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 28 Feb. 2024
  • But some observers deem the Reuters survey to be on the conservative side.
    Gaurav Sharma, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • There’s always going to be a strong conservative base.
    Blair R. Fischer, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Boom, that’s a bottle right there, and that’s being conservative.
    Bon Appétit, 14 Oct. 2021
  • Much of that has come from East Coast and conservative media.
    Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
  • The seat was open due to the retirement of a conservative justice.
    CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Reds make up 35% of the country and hold conservative views on most issues.
    Johanna Blakley, Quartzy, 5 July 2019
  • Figure out if the league is aggressive in bids or conservative.
    Adam Ronis, SI.com, 20 Aug. 2019
  • His other target was, in the context of the day, conservative.
    William Hogeland, The New Republic, 25 Jan. 2021
  • The reason behind this shift towards a more conservative, safe bet?
    Brett F. Braley-Palko, Forbes.com, 18 Jan. 2026
  • But in normal times, a politician who worships the state is conservative in name only.
    Madeleine Kearns, National Review, 14 Apr. 2020
  • The ruling broke down along the court’s conservative and liberal blocs.
    Stephen Singer, courant.com, 30 June 2018
  • These are not problems for the conservative movement.
    David Weigel, semafor.com, 3 Sep. 2025

conservative

2 of 2 noun
  • His message is being well received by conservatives.
  • The spendthrifts will spend more and the conservative will spend less.
    David John Marotta, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2022
  • That will end up bad for conservatives.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Maybe the conservatives were right about that.
    David Frum, The Atlantic, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Roberts at times has drawn the ire of fellow conservatives.
    Jan Wolfe, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
  • And the same with the conservatives.
    Doc Louallen, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Each has tried to claim the mantle of the only true conservative in the race.
    New York Times, 27 July 2022
  • One friend, a conservative in her 70s, hasn’t left the house in over three weeks.
    Krista Kafer, The Denver Post, 1 May 2020
  • Even the conservatives [at the party] were in shock.
    ABC News, 3 Nov. 2025
  • To send something back to the states is to send it for conservatives to govern.
    David Frum, The Atlantic, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Georgians have a choice between two men, one a conservative and one on the left.
    WSJ, 14 Oct. 2022
  • She was thought to be a conservative, but proved to be quite liberal once on the court.
    Rob Crilly, The Washington Examiner, 17 Apr. 2026
  • But he is revered as an unyielding conservative on the far right.
    Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 30 June 2021
  • One more seat will give conservatives license to do even more damage.
    The Voorhes, Glamour, 21 Aug. 2018
  • And the bill still isn’t enough for conservatives, many of whom are decrying it as amnesty.
    Tara Golshan, Vox, 21 June 2018
  • Both conservatives and liberals in the area have pushed back against the false claim.
    Mary Spicuzza, jsonline.com, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The protests have been on the receiving end of conservatives’ ire.
    Camila Gomez, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2026
  • What say conservatives about this?
    John Tamny, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
  • Roberts is a solid conservative who also tries to keep the court on a middle course.
    Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
  • Erdö is a distinguished church lawyer and was the conservatives’ choice.
    Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 1 Mar. 2026
  • The loss had some conservatives lamenting about the path forward.
    Zac Anderson, USA Today, 1 July 2026
  • But the court's conservatives seemed to have a different view.
    Nina Totenberg, NPR, 15 Oct. 2025
  • That the question was broached at all was seen by some young conservatives as evidence of progress.
    Nidhi Sharma, NBC News, 25 Aug. 2023
  • MacArthur will dump a ton of money and will be able to raise a bunch of money from conservatives.
    Amy S. Rosenberg, Philly.com, 1 June 2018
  • There is much for a conservative to like about Michael Walzer.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 7 June 2023
  • This year, the Court has delivered a host of wins for conservatives.
    Ezra Klein, Vox, 26 June 2018
  • Maduro has been in the crosshairs of American conservatives for decades.
    Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Oliver doesn’t even really seem to know what a conservative is.
    Matt Fleming, Oc Register, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Just over half the solid liberals and slightly less than half the core conservatives feel life will be worse.
    David Lauter, latimes.com, 24 Oct. 2017
  • But don’t expect the anti-tax conservative to rip his rivals with the same gusto.
    Joe Garofoli, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Aug. 2021

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