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Six example sentences with polemical, each labelled with its topic.
His polemical pamphlet attacked three rival schools by name and made him unwelcome at every faculty dinner.
Philosophy
Her polemical essay on museum funding named the donors, and two galleries quietly withdrew her upcoming show.
Art
The newspaper ran a polemical column each Sunday, and readers canceled subscriptions faster than the editor could count.
Politics
Milton's polemical tract against licensing of the press named the censors and is still quoted whenever a book is banned.
Literature
Her polemical book on free trade insulted half the profession by name, and the other half bought it to see why.
Economics
Loos wrote a polemical essay calling ornament a crime, and Vienna's decorated facades never fully recovered their respectability.
Architecture
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