How to Use principle in a Sentence

principle

noun
Definition of principlenext
Synonyms for principlenext
  • His investment strategy is based on the principle that the stock market offers the best returns for long-term investors.
  • In principle, the rule of law means that no one is above the law.
    — Hollie McKay, Fox News, 23 Dec. 2020
  • So what about the principle of equal pay for equal work?
    — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2017
  • But the principle is the same: The power has to move to the people.
    — Andrew Blum, Popular Science, 8 Sep. 2020
  • The principle has been in the news a few times recently.
    — Ciara Nugent, Time, 11 July 2018
  • The same principle applies to the even more vile Fuentes.
    — Dean Obeidallah, CNN, 27 Nov. 2022
  • But the two sides had reached a deal in principle on the overall framework.
    — Josh Robbins, OrlandoSentinel.com, 2 July 2018
  • The guiding principle would be to try to save the greatest number of lives.
    — Mollie Simon, ProPublica, 7 Sep. 2022
  • It is built on a principle that the people have a right to hold power to account in the open.
    — Olivia Harrison, refinery29.com, 8 Jan. 2021
  • The same principle holds for the Just Stop Oil protests.
    — Itxu Díaz, National Review, 5 Nov. 2022
  • More important is what the deal says about the principles of both camps.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2023
  • Remember the agreement in principle on how to pay for the bill weeks ago?
    — Lauren Fox and Phil Mattingly, CNN, 21 Oct. 2021
  • Cities have long used some of these principles to manage and avoid floods.
    — The Arizona Republic, 26 May 2023
  • This is the same principle that surveyors use to map cities.
    — Mark J. Reid, Scientific American, 17 Mar. 2020
  • This has been a governing principle in the state of Texas of late.
    — Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2019
  • Maybe the courts weren’t a forum of principle after all.
    — Ian MacDougall, Harper’s Magazine , 28 Sep. 2022
  • The same principles of skincare hold true for both men and women.
    — Hana Hong, Marie Claire, 30 Aug. 2019
  • What happens when what had been a bedrock principle changes?
    — Chelsea Sheasley, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Dec. 2021
  • But blowing off those principles can come at a high price.
    — Hannah Seligson, Cosmopolitan, 15 July 2017
  • In principle, this kind of tie can happen more than once.
    — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 26 Dec. 2020
  • The principles are the same: dry powder, mix with water.
    — Sophie Wirt, Allure, 31 July 2018
  • But then the holes in principle became apparent, as did the holes in his boss.
    — Peter Grier, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Apr. 2018
  • Since the crash, Liz has worked to carry on these principles.
    — Liz Dufour, Cincinnati.com, 4 May 2017
  • There are some guiding principles to keep in mind though.
    — Tom Cooney and Crystal Faulkner, Cincinnati.com, 19 July 2019
  • Trump is doing this for the principle, not just for power.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2020
  • Follow this principle and your suit will do the talking.
    — Roxanne Adamiyatt, Town & Country, 9 June 2021
  • Sure, there’ll be some nice statements of principles agreed to.
    — Oren Dorell, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2018
  • The Chiefs built their offense around this very principle.
    — Jim Chairusmi, WSJ, 20 Jan. 2020
  • Your first pinwheel design is based on the same principles.
    — Megan Arnett, Scientific American, 29 Mar. 2018
  • So, my fear is that these people are going to walk out of principle.
    — Kayla Rivas, Fox News, 24 Aug. 2021

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