LBJ
Americanabbreviation
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Those of ancient lineage may be thinking of the infamous LBJ phone call badgering the head of ABC to get college-football broadcasts for Lady Bird’s TV station.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
LBJ used the Tonkin Gulf resolution, which Congress overwhelmingly supported, to widen the war in Vietnam.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026
Johnson tried to jump-start peace talks, in part to help Humphrey—whose loyalty to LBJ was weighing him down in the polls—win the election.
From Slate • Oct. 21, 2024
“You get it, as LBJ would have said, with the bark off.”
From Seattle Times • Mar. 10, 2024
Mom said it was one of the bonuses of living at the LBJ Apartments, because we’d be able to pick up a little Spanish without even studying.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
