Sentence examples for pragmatist bent from inspiring English sources

Ralph Fiennes plays her husband in a clever and, one suspects, accurate portrayal of a chilly pragmatist bent on producing an heir.

Those close to Mr. Cuomo say that he is above all a pragmatist, bent on reshaping Albany's paralyzed government so that it can once again be an effective and credible force in New Yorkers' lives.

He views himself not as a risk-taker, but as a pragmatist — albeit one with a contradictory bent — who follows the numbers.

His father's unsentimental bent may help to explain how Murphy ended up a pragmatist in the rock milieu of dreamers and professional babies.

Zealous pragmatist?

The Pragmatist.

Patriot, puppet or pragmatist?

I am a pragmatist.