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Example sentences for: staunch

How can you use “staunch” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

This move, which will bring AT&T into line with other long distance carriers, will help staunch the $300 million in annual losses incurred because 10 million of AT&T's 70 million customers don't even reach this $3 minimum.
My girlfriend is a staunch supporter of Patrick Buchanan for prez.
Yesterday Milosevic reiterated his staunch refusal to withdraw forces from Kosovo--"even if the price is bombing"--and shunned meetings with American diplomats.
The WP says that one modification being explored to close the deal is a force with a significant Russian component, which would allow Yugoslavia's president Slobodan Milosevic to save face because Russia has been a staunch supporter of his.
In the early '60s, he was a staunch civil rights advocate.