Example sentences for: sympathizers

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

  • Those within a population who sympathize with an enemy's aims, and may render assistance when the time is ripe, constitute a fifth column , a term that goes back to the Spanish Civil War and the remark of a rebel general, Emilio Mola, to the effect that his four columns of troops would be supplemented by a civilian quinta columna , a fifth column of sympathizers, in their attack on Loyalist-held Madrid in 1936.

  • It does not appear that any government other than the Taliban financially supported al Qaeda before 9/11, although some governments may have contained al Qaeda sympathizers who turned a blind eye to al Qaeda's fundraising activities.

  • During the Civil War, nationalist sympathizers in the town were hurled to their deaths in the gorge, an event recalled by Hemingway in his novel For Whom the Bell Tolls.

  • Beatty sympathizers such as Huffington rightly ask why Steve Forbes, who inherited his millions, is a serious candidate, while Beatty is a joke.

  • He initiated a military takeover of the Communist Party, and the government arrested thousands of Solidarity activists and sympathizers, banned the trade union, and suspended civil rights.


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