Example sentences for: staunch

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

  • Even a single-issue candidate, such as a staunch abortion opponent, might outperform an indigenous Reform hopeful.

  • We did this even though the white South African government was a staunch U.S. ally in the Cold War, while Nelson Mandela's African National Congress had extensive Communist and Soviet ties.

  • As a staunch supporter of free trade, I couldn't agree more with "A Raspberry for Free Trade," Paul Krugman's critique of the arguments put forward by the opponents of fast track.

  • After an hour, I staunch the bleeding and ask them to mail me my remaining 30 beans.

  • He was a Whig-turned-fervent-Tory, an activist cleric, a staunch defender of the Anglican Church.


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