Example sentences for: staunchly

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

  • Approval for the payment is mired in the House, where Republicans are staunchly opposed to additional IMF funding.

  • The people of the Abacos remained staunchly pro-British even into modern times, and of all the Bahamians they were the ones who expressed the most apprehension about the bid for independence in 1973.

  • Gore staunchly opposed abortion and federal funding for it when he was a House member in the '70s and early '80s but reversed himself once he entered the Senate.

  • They maintained that he had "steadfastly insisted on the academic integrity of the series and staunchly defended [their] work."

  • In Britain, where Queen Elizabeth II marked her triumph Saturday by presenting the rugby World Cup championship trophy to the staunchly republican captain of the Australian team, John Eales, after its win against France, there was talk of subjecting the monarchy to a referendum by the British as well.


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