expediency

How To Use expediency In A Sentence

• She had the kind of clear, clean progressive politics that came directly from the heart and the head: she didn't possess an ounce of guile or expediency, the latter sometimes miscalled pragmatism by those who favour power over principle. Archive 2009-08-01
• Call me a moon-eyed dreamer: I still believe the work of the serious writer will be recognized for what it is, whether it takes place examples chosen only for clarity and expediency in Ambergris, or 351 West 52 St New York City Apt # D RIGHT NOW, dammit. Evil Monkey on Fantasy
• Now, once again, the thin reed of refugee protection has fallen prey to the winds of political expediency.
• My concern is that the ministry is going to make a decision based on expediency and without considering the impact their decision will have on the environment.
• The reason for Beijing's lack of interest was most likely a simple matter of bad timing and political expediency. Times, Sunday Times
• I have tried my best during my years of public service to keep that name untarnished and respected, unmarked by sorry compromises for expediency. The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed
• And that is idealism: a belief that good can triumph over bad, that principle can defeat expediency.
• Resolved, that the committee on finance be instructed to enquire into the expediency of paying for clothing, & c. furnished to a portion of the militia of Roanoke when called out by the authorities, and the call countermanded before the said militia were mustered into service. Journal of the House of Delegates of the State of Virginia, for the Session of 1861-62
• How does the state balance sympathy and the demands of expediency?
• This can only be based on grounds of political expediency, not national security. Times, Sunday Times