Sentence examples for pragmatist from inspiring English sources

For four seasons he has been in many ways an avatar for the audience; we know Tyrion is cynical and a political pragmatist, but underneath the wit and one-liners we have clung to the idea that he is essentially good.

Instead of a party henchman we now have a pragmatist in charge of the delicate relationship between central and local government, a relationship that will dictate how the crisis is solved.

I'm not going to say this is the perfect bill, but I am a pragmatist".

"Tsipras is a pragmatist and he has the political capital to make bold moves now," he said.

As for Merkel, some saw a stubborn control freak acting in her country's interests, while others were more charitable, viewing her as a pragmatist who could see the bigger picture.

A fiscal hawk, Kasich has carved out a reputation as a pragmatist, even crossing the Rubicon for Republican governors to expand Medicaid subsidies under a provision of Barack Obama's signature healthcare law, the Affordable Care Act.

Patriot, puppet or pragmatist?

(In fact, says Mr Samayoa, he is not he thinks the winning candidate may be more of a left-wing pragmatist like Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega, who is surprisingly pro-business).What of Mr Quijano's fraud claims?

That aside, Babbage considers himself a privacy pragmatist.

Throughout his life, from a poor home in Paris through night-school classes in economics to his pre-Brussels spell as France's minister of finance, he has been a pragmatist who has got things done.

Ever the pragmatist, Mr Djindjic is unlikely to offer sanctuary to Mr Karadzic.