How to Use government in a Sentence

government

noun
  • The government has been slow to react to the crisis.
  • The country has been damaged by many years of weak government.
  • She works for the federal government.
  • He is a firm believer in democratic government.
  • We learned about different methods of government.
  • We need to improve relations with foreign governments.
  • But there are folks in the government that the police can't reach.
    — Detroit Free Press, 26 Aug. 2023
  • If no bill is passed, parts of the government would shut down.
    — Katy Stech Ferek, WSJ, 15 Nov. 2022
  • The shuttering of the government for more than a month.
    — Emily Cochrane, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2021
  • The 1975’s set was cut short and the Malaysian government canceled the rest of the festival.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 25 Feb. 2025
  • The dogs and the fencing are funded by the government, though their upkeep is not.
    — Kate Brady, Washington Post, 13 Aug. 2023
  • Now, the government has to come up with a system quickly.
    — Luke Darby, GQ, 27 June 2018
  • There are pro-Russian parties in the government and in some groups in town.
    — Maggie Rulli, ABC News, 31 Mar. 2022
  • Yet the government hasn’t been vocal about the role Covid-19 plays in the economy.
    — Morgan Stephens, CNN, 25 Feb. 2023
  • But models show why the Chinese government still wants to keep a lid on.
    — Bydennis Normile, science.org, 6 Dec. 2022
  • The government hopes to put it in place around mid-January.
    — Fox News, 8 Jan. 2022
  • That led to a shortage of young people, and in 2016 the government upped the limit to two children.
    — Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2024
  • Some of the money borrowed by the British government to do this was only paid back in 2015.
    — Eloise Barry, Time, 14 Sep. 2022
  • Sullivan has been a donor to Democrats for decades and has worked in state government.
    — Tom Loftus, The Courier-Journal, 20 July 2017
  • This isn’t just some cheesy reminder that the government works for you and your vote matters.
    — Candy Woodall, Baltimore Sun, 5 July 2024
  • The government has played an active role in shaping the Maldives as a tourist hotspot.
    — Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 31 Mar. 2024
  • The offer to sell the government our company for $1 still stands.
    — Elliott J. Millenson, STAT, 9 Jan. 2022
  • The government has pressured the platforms not to do anything.
    — Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2023
  • Dad was perceived, in many instances, as a hawk, and a mouthpiece or spokesman for the government.
    — Patrick Monahan, HWD, 21 Dec. 2017
  • If no heir could be found, the property was returned to the government.
    — Gary Singer, sun-sentinel.com, 10 Feb. 2022
  • The new government won the historic support of an Arab party.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 13 June 2021
  • The lines for the viewing stretched for miles and the British government set up a live queue tracker to monitor crowds.
    — Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 16 Sep. 2022
  • That leaves the city government, which helps with security, in the dark.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 13 June 2019
  • Any decision over how to respond to the Indian airstrikes will have to be done in consultation with the civilian government.
    — Ayesha Jalal, The Conversation, 8 May 2025
  • Tenants typically pay around 30% of their income toward rent, with the federal government picking up the rest.
    — Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2025

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