How to Use politicize in a Sentence

politicize

verb
Definition of politicizenext
  • His health has become yet another thing to spin, lie about, and politicize.
    — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 5 Oct. 2020
  • Beijing reacted to the letter this week, calling it an attempt to politicize the games.
    — Paul Best, Fox News, 12 Sep. 2020
  • There were efforts made by government officials on both sides at this time to politicize the relationship and use it to somehow punish the other.
    — NBC News, 14 Oct. 2020
  • Albee knew that would grossly politicize the exploration of human illusions in his theatrical landmark.
    — Armond White, National Review, 2 Oct. 2020
  • But don’t be misled: Republicans and the right wing started politicizing the shooting within minutes.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2024
  • Public health experts have long bemoaned Trump's efforts to politicize the virus and have encouraged him to let doctors and scientists lead the nation's response.
    — Jill Colvin, Star Tribune, 16 Aug. 2020
  • Harvard and Yale have repeatedly refused demands to divest, arguing that such moves would politicize their endowments.
    — Todd Gillespie, Bloomberg.com, 1 Oct. 2020
  • To meddle with, delay or politicize these reports would be a form of scientific blasphemy as well as a breach of public trust that could undermine the nation’s efforts to fight the coronavirus.
    — Richard E. Besser, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2020
  • The decision to run ads that politicize the TikTok issue certainly does reek of political opportunism.
    — Jimmy Quinn, National Review, 28 Aug. 2020
  • The White House is not supposed to politicize the process.
    — Roslyn Layton, Forbes, 28 June 2022
  • The Fed is one of the few agencies that Mr. Trump didn’t politicize.
    — Alan S. Blinder, WSJ, 24 Oct. 2021
  • These are – the perception of the Court is just the – being politicized here with a big donor.
    — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 28 May 2023
  • And so Breyer doesn’t want to politicize the Supreme Court (a little late for that).
    — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 7 July 2021
  • Palestine politicized me in a way that there was no going back the same.
    — Robin D.g. Kelley, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2023
  • The blame-the-homeless tech elites that rushed to politicize Bob Lee's murder should feel ashamed.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Apr. 2023
  • The Supreme Court should not be politicized and packed by either party.
    — Destiny Torres, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
  • The phrase appeared to convey a belief that Mr. Bolsonaro had sought to politicize the armed forces.
    — New York Times, 30 Mar. 2021
  • Still, some scholars believe 18-year terms would help de-politicize the court.
    — Bo Erickson, Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2021
  • The team will have to sidestep attempts to politicize its inquiry.
    — New York Times, 13 Jan. 2021
  • And, after that, if that gets politicized, it gets politicized.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 17 Nov. 2023
  • My preference is even after the fact, not to politicize this.
    — Jon Cohen, Science | AAAS, 25 Jan. 2021
  • His statement did not specify how the bill would politicize the process of updating the law.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Oct. 2022
  • Because the United States Senate politicized the court.
    — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 24 Mar. 2024
  • Trump’s efforts to politicize and co-opt the military on his behalf.
    — Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2021
  • Republicans have also called the case politicized, and IRS agents say they were removed from the probe.
    — Sarah Elbeshbishi, USA TODAY, 20 June 2023
  • Does that mean extremists who have politicized ESG issues have a point?
    — Bylila MacLellan, Fortune, 27 June 2023
  • While our leaders on the right, the Americans in congress and at Fox News and these other outlets warn us not to politicize this.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 26 May 2022
  • To suggest otherwise would be to politicize a tragedy, which would be shameful.
    — Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Mar. 2023
  • In a Facebook post March 28, Mavi Garcia asked for her sister’s death to stop being politicized.
    — Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 3 Apr. 2024
  • This is being overly politicized and overly dramatized by the people around you.
    — Marina Watts, Peoplemag, 18 July 2024

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