Sentence examples for governs is from inspiring English sources
Reading David Brooks's insightful Oct. 5 column, "The Republican Collapse," about what genuine conservatism is, brought to mind Edmund Burke's 1790 observation, that the basis of government and the society it governs is a "partnership not only between those who are living, but between those who are living, those who are dead, and those who are to be born".
Syriza, although it governs, is substantially hollowed out as a political force.
The city he governs is so treacherous that when he does business outside the municipal building, he tries not to tell anyone where he is going and shows up unannounced, staying in one spot no longer than 20 to 30 minutes.
A civic coalition seeking to improve how Albany governs is asking incumbents and candidates for state office this year to pledge publicly to back strict fiscal controls on state spending, stronger ethics and financial disclosure regulations, and a nonpartisan system for drawing legislative and Congressional districts.
The government is governing.
Governing is never a zero-sum game.
Governing is not for the fainthearted.
Its claim to govern is beyond dispute.
The challenge in governing is balance.
In civics textbooks, governing is the thing.
