PRAGMATIST in a Sentence

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1. No pragmatist enjoys becoming involved in a game he can never win.
2. She rose to power by being a political pragmatist who took advantage of every opportunity that presented itself.

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 Meanings and Examples of PRAGMATIST
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pragmatist
 n.  who acts in response to particular situations rather than upon abstract ideals
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1  No pragmatist enjoys becoming involved in a game he can never win.
2  She rose to power by being a political pragmatist who took advantage of every opportunity that presented itself.
3  To take on the south was to risk splintering the Democratic Party, then an angry amalgam of northern liberals, southern segregationists and pragmatists like the president, who tried to straddle the divide.