How to Use propaganda in a Sentence

propaganda

noun
Definition of propagandanext
Synonyms for propagandanext
  • The report was nothing but lies and propaganda.
  • He was accused of spreading propaganda.
  • Bachelet must give the voice to the victims rather than aid the state propaganda.
    — Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes, 29 May 2022
  • Has the self ever been the subject of so much propaganda?
    — New York Times, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Fox News is the largest right-wing propaganda network in the country.
    — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 21 Apr. 2023
  • While the War on Drugs didn’t start propaganda against cannabis and other drugs, the movement ran full steam ahead from the 1970s onward.
    — Chloe Villano, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2022
  • But in parts of the east, most officials concede that Russia still has the upper hand in the propaganda war.
    — Dyma Shapoval Daniel Berehulak, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2023
  • The record was really more of a tool to use for…maybe propaganda is the best word…to keep pushing forward with this new band.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 2 Nov. 2022
  • Trump has a mighty propaganda network behind him (Fox is the mere tip of that iceberg).
    — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 28 Aug. 2023
  • In the propaganda videos, the two hostages are seen speaking on camera under duress.
    — Olivia Gazis, CBS News, 3 May 2024
  • The propaganda stopped working on him only when the Russian bombs fell.
    — Krista Stevens, Longreads, 6 July 2023
  • In fact, the now-prevalent view that science should know no borders can be traced to Cold War propaganda.
    — WIRED, 26 Aug. 2022
  • In 1942, she was removed from her job on the German desk of the war propaganda agency in Washington.
    — Sarah Watling, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 May 2023
  • But when Kreiz took charge, that kind of propaganda was not working broadly enough.
    — Willa Paskin, New York Times, 11 July 2023
  • With the piece’s sweeping vistas and bright-eyed youth, the echoes of the Nazi propaganda films by Leni Riefenstahl are intentional, and clear.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Oct. 2022
  • But there is nothing in the propaganda of the trial in itself that is unlawful.
    — Robert Goldman, The Conversation, 23 May 2022
  • Steel makers put sinews of war into the propaganda chest and pronounced it good for business.
    — Charles Austin Beard, Harper’s Magazine , 22 June 2022
  • Still, public support for the war remains high, thanks to state propaganda.
    — Robyn Dixon, Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2023
  • The company also worked with the CCP to promote propaganda, Yu said.
    — Joel Rosenblatt, Fortune, 6 June 2023
  • But even though Mattel was involved, the film couldn’t just be Barbie propaganda.
    — Willa Paskin, New York Times, 11 July 2023
  • The Russian state and its propaganda machine form a feedback loop.
    — Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 18 May 2022
  • Have Putin and the propaganda become more upfront about this being a long struggle?
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 24 May 2022
  • The craziness of war and the craziness of propaganda has poisoned everything there.
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 19 May 2024
  • Ku Klux Klan propaganda was displayed in a Spearfish gas station.
    — Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2022
  • Since the start of 2024, the ADL reports there have been at least two incidents of white supremacist propaganda in Phoenix.
    — Lux Butler, The Arizona Republic, 20 June 2024
  • While it was inspired by ancient Greek practices, the relay was first held in Germany, where the Nazis employed it as a propaganda tool.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Apr. 2024
  • The only way Democrats’ bad policies can survive in America is via a steady stream of propaganda.
    — Gabe Kaminsky, Washington Examiner, 27 Oct. 2023
  • States like California have ramped up oversight as researchers point to the propaganda and hacking risks posed by the bots.
    — Lucy Papachristou, Fortune, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Syria had long been used to justify Russia’s messianic expansionism, and the fight against anti-Assad factions provided a template for Russian propaganda about Ukraine.
    — Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Russell allegedly hatched the plot to black out Baltimore while, according to prosecutors, participating in a noxious, prolific propaganda network hellbent on fomenting violence and chaos.
    — Ali Winston, WIRED, 29 Jan. 2025

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