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Definition
an organization of diverse entities — usually for a political purpose- formed a coalition government
- Coalition forces are fighting the insurgency.
- A coalition of groups is waging a massive propaganda campaign to defeat the legislation.
- The Desegregation Center was the first I had ever seen of a coalition of blacks and whites operating together for the same purpose.Pat Conroy -- The Water is Wide
- "The usual coalition of colonial jingoists and throwbacks," Singh had said.Dan Simmons -- Hyperion
- He seemed aloof from the rest of the group, not an actual member of the coalition, somehow dismissive of it all.Jhumpa Lahiri -- The Namesake
- The group was a gorgeous rainbow coalition of youth, dreadlocks and freckles, eyes of blue and green and brown.Dave Eggers -- The Circle
- As it turned out, though, after the first couple of weeks, the coalition maintained air superiority over Iraq, and the missions became routine.Dave Peizer -- A Man Named Dave
- The republic is to have a coalition government.Boris Pasternak -- Doctor Zhivago
- Both bands, in a sudden and serendipitous coalition of rock and brass, swung into the school song.Stephen King -- Carrie
- He imagined that Venn and Mrs. Yeobright were in league, and felt that there was a certain legitimacy in combating such a coalition.Thomas Hardy -- The Return of the Native
- The extremists were forming a false coalition with the socialists, making promises they had no intention of keeping.Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Identity
- Lincoln's was the masterful diplomacy to hold such a coalition together, carry it into power, and with it win a war.Richard Hofstadter -- Abraham Lincoln and the Self-Made Myth
- "Which is why you begin building the coalition immediately, starting with Israel," Thomas said.Ted Dekker -- Red: The Heroic Rescue
- His favorite biblical verse, Isaiah 1:18, exemplifies his passion for building coalitions: "Come now, let us reason together."Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard -- Killing Kennedy
- Governments of dissimilar principles and forms have been found less adapted to a federal coalition of any sort, than those of a kindred nature.Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, & John Jay -- The Federalist Papers
- My parents were some of the first ones to make it to the camps set up by the coalition between governments.James Dashner -- The Scorch Trials
- It was still early in his stewardship of the Party, and he depended on a loose coalition of colleagues—not friends, these men did not make friends.Tom Clancy -- The Hunt for Red October
- Taking up the defense of this case would be an unwise step for anyone who would eventually need to forge a coalition between Northern and Southern states.Alexs Pate -- Amistad
- A federal coalition of States is more successful if the State governments are founded on the same principles.Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, & John Jay -- The Federalist Papers — Modern English Edition 2