How to use "public" in a sentence

I now reiterate these sentiments; and, in doing so, I only press upon the public attention the most conclusive evidence of which the case is susceptible that the property, peace, and security of no section are to be in any wise endangered by the now incoming administration

By the frame of the government under which we live, this same people have wisely given their public servants but little power for mischief; and have, with equal wisdom, provided for the return of that little to their own hands at very short intervals

Now, at the expiration of four years, during which public declarations have been constantly called forth on every point and phase of the great contest which still absorbs the attention, and engrosses the energies of the nation, little that is new could be presented

The progress of our arms, upon which all else chiefly depends, is as well known to the public as to myself; and it is, I trust, reasonably satisfactory and encouraging to all

Practices of the unscrupulous money changers stand indicted in the court of public opinion, rejected by the hearts and minds of men.

Recognition of that falsity of material wealth as the standard of success goes hand in hand with the abandonment of the false belief that public office and high political position are to be valued only by the standards of pride of place and personal profit; and there must be an end to a conduct in banking and in business which too often has given to a sacred trust the likeness of callous and selfish wrongdoing

It can be helped by national planning for and supervision of all forms of transportation and of communications and other utilities that have a definitely public character

But it may be that an unprecedented demand and need for un delayed action may call for temporary departure from that normal balance of public procedure.

The fury of the Ripper's way of killing puzzled the doctors, the police, the public and the press

After the Polly Nichols murder, sensational reports in the newspapers increased the public's fear and horror

After being released from prison, this Valjean stole some silver from the Bishop of Digne and robbed a small boy on a public footpath

Neither could he understand the concept of freedom of speech, and he often sent soldiers into the streets to attack people who were making public protests.

The day of his funeral was arranged for 5 June, and thousands of people saw this as a chance to make a public protest against the king and his government.

This boy in the station wagon was not the first that she had imagined was Danny; in recent weeks, she had seen her lost son in other cars, in schoolyards past which she had been driving, on public streets, in a movie theater.

Perhaps her anxiety about the public's reaction to Magyck! Was causing her to recall the greater anxiety she had felt about Danny

In less than seventeen hours - at 8:00 P.M., December 30 - the Golden Pyramid Hotel would present a special, invitational, VIP premiere of Magyck! , and the following night, New Year's Eve, the show would open to the general public

"Well, now that the show's opened successfully, most of my share of the producer's chores are public relations and promotional stuff

Although a judicial purist might have disapproved, prosecutors and public defenders and tax attorneys and criminal lawyers and corporate counsel were mingling and getting pleasantly drunk with the judges before whom they argued cases most every week

Determined not to let them see that he was frightened, aware that any sign of fear would be taken as proof of weakness, Elliot said, "Well, you've got one hell of a weird approach for someone who's just taking a public opinion survey."

You work for some set of letters the public hasn't even heard about yet

"It's a good thing you're not working in the gas company's public relations department."

And I want to be damn sure before we try to go public with it

The society-register Alexander's were proud of their history of public service

My public opinions are the same as those I express privately, and that's a virtue he doesn't possess

I don't think it's a good idea to hit Stryker and the woman in a public place like an airport."

They abandoned the Chevrolet in a public parking lot, four blocks from Harrah's.

Most of them had served their country openly, in a supremely visible fashion, where everyone could see and admire their selfless public-spiritedness

He could never hope to receive the public acclaim and honor that had been heaped upon other men in his family

It's in a public lot about three blocks from here."

the public outrage..

"For the public record, we did," Dombey said

Just opposite the vicarage gate is a public footpath

No doubt, said the report, the situation was strange and serious, but the public was asked to avoid and discourage panic

"You are a public enemy."