How to Use leftward in a Sentence

leftward

adjective or adverb
Definition of leftwardnext
  • And the trend of the Democrats has been leftward for a while.
    — Matthew Continetti, National Review, 13 July 2019
  • The leftward tilt of the debate also owed partly to who was not on the stage.
    — James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2022
  • Woods fought to the end; a short, leftward tee shot on the par-4 18th left him in bogey territory.
    — Sean Gregory, Time, 7 Apr. 2022
  • Nor is Labour’s leftward turn likely to be a passing phase.
    — The Economist, 30 Oct. 2019
  • Its mission was to push back on what its founders saw as the leftward tilt of American law schools.
    — Kenneth P. Vogel, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2022
  • On the one hand, the Ivy Leaguers who do so much of these firms’ work tend strongly leftward in politics.
    — Barton Swaim, WSJ, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Even after years of leftward drift, the state’s electorate reaffirmed that ban by a large margin in 2020.
    — Tim Rosenberger, Orange County Register, 7 Feb. 2024
  • This is a major leftward shift in how Democrats would approach migrants at the border.
    — Tara Golshan, Vox, 29 July 2019
  • Still, the party’s most leftward faction has expressed no desire to pull back.
    — New York Times, 13 Jan. 2022
  • Politico analyzes the leftward lean of many of the policies endorsed on last night's debate stage.
    — NBC News, 27 June 2019
  • Democrats have been locked out of the governor’s mansion for two decades, but the party is hoping the state’s leftward shift might give them a better chance at the statehouse.
    — Jen Kirby, Vox, 12 June 2018
  • Meanwhile, a contingent of moderates are worried that a leftward drift could cost the party seats in the midterms next year.
    — Julie Carr Smyth, chicagotribune.com, 4 Aug. 2021
  • In truth his political success was more a product than a cause of the party’s leftward shift.
    — Nr Editors, National Review, 16 Apr. 2020
  • It can fairly be described as a leftward movement in the entire party.
    — E.j. Dionne Jr., The Mercury News, 20 June 2019
  • Voting habits in the 2024 primaries in the WOW counties also indicate a leftward shift.
    — Annabella Rosciglione, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 18 Aug. 2024
  • Latinos have continued their slow, steady move leftward, and Prop.
    — James P. Sutton, National Review, 1 Aug. 2019
  • But the Democrats’ turnout advantage in the past year’s special elections put a dent in that hope — and the leftward lurch of elderly whites all but eviscerates it.
    — Eric Levitz, Daily Intelligencer, 10 Apr. 2018
  • And in a two-party system, an enormous swing leftward matters.
    — Andrew Sullivan, Daily Intelligencer, 29 Sep. 2017
  • And Democrats for the first time since 1961 carried Chesterfield County, a large chunk of the district where demographic shifts have pushed the electorate leftward.
    — Paul Schwartzman, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2018
  • If presented with an offer, Garcetti would make his choice amid a leftward shift in L.A. politics.
    — Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2020
  • During 2018, Dimon reportedly mulled a run for president, but nixed the idea when the Democrats’ leftward tilt hammered the chances for the Wall Street tycoon.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 5 June 2023
  • Leaving aside the funding challenge, though, the more interesting debate is on what has caused this sharp leftward turn.
    — Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2019
  • That the college debt crisis has pushed graduates leftward.
    — David M. Shribman, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Aug. 2022
  • But Buttigieg never broadened his breadth of support in a party with a large component of nonwhite voters, and one that has veered leftward since 2018.
    — SFChronicle.com, 1 Mar. 2020
  • Meanwhile, Sanders hasn’t built bridges with the more leftward-leaning members of the party establishment.
    — Matthew Yglesias, Vox, 17 Dec. 2018
  • This lower level of nationalism is part and parcel of an overall leftward tilt among the Gen Z cohort.
    — Matthew Yglesias, Vox, 26 June 2019
  • With Smith or Hardesty on board, the council will all but certainly lean further leftward, and a progressive voting block could emerge.
    — Gordon R. Friedman, OregonLive.com, 15 May 2018
  • But some are concerned there is a leftward drift within the evangelical network of churches.
    — Holly Meyer, USA TODAY, 16 June 2021
  • Yes, perhaps the leftward drift of the college-educated can be mitigated somewhat by the GOP’s recent gains with the working class.
    — Isaac Schorr, National Review, 14 Apr. 2021
  • Hochul hopes the coordinated campaign effort could move some of those numbers leftward.
    — Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 29 July 2024

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