Sample sentences for ADVOCATE - verbalworkout.com

4 meanings

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1 —as in:
to advocate

Definition

to recommend or publicly support (someone or something)

She advocates stricter gun control.

advocates = publicly supports

Other Uses (with this meaning)

She advocates giving all students the opportunity to attend school in the summer too.

advocates = recommends or publicly supports

The doctor advocated a smoking ban in the entire house.
I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.
Hunter S. Thompson (who committed suicide in 2005)
In conformity with the principle that a display of reason rather than a threat of force should be the determining factor in the intercourse among nations, we have long advocated the peaceful settlement of disputes...
Calvin Coolidge (30th President) -- Inaugural Address of 1924
...a grassroots organization advocating lower taxes, less government, and more freedom.
Matt Kibbe -- FreedomWorks — Hey, Big Spender -- http://www.freedomworks.org/processor/printer.php?issue_id=2634 (retrieved 06/28/06)
How can you advocate breaking some laws and obeying others?
Martin Luther King, Jr. -- Letter from a Birmingham Jail

advocate = publicly support

We were advocating only that this country live up to its promises to all citizens.
John Howard Griffin -- Black Like Me

advocating = recommending

Even a columnist, with a license to advocate for one thing or another, generally stops short of personal involvement in the life of a subject.
Steve Lopez -- The Soloist

advocate = publicly support

Doctor, have the medical societies in Minnesota ever advocated legislation for help to nursing mothers?
Sinclair Lewis -- Main Street

advocated = publicly supported

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2 —as in:
an advocate supporting

Definition

a person who publicly supports and works to advance a cause

or more rarely:

someone acting in the role of a defense lawyer in England's past and in some jurisdictions today

She is a passionate advocate for children's welfare.

advocate = a person who publicly supports and works to advance a cause

Other Uses (with this meaning)

Privacy advocates want the law changed.

advocates = outspoken supporters

I am not an advocate of big government, but only government can properly regulate air pollution.
Every reform needs examples more than advocates.
He is the migrants' strongest advocate in Nuevo Laredo.
Sonia Nazario -- Enrique's Journey

advocate = public supporter

I moved to Washington to work as an advocate.
Jay Allison, et al. -- This I Believe

advocate = spokesperson (supporter of a cause)

Your aunt Norris has always been an advocate, and very judiciously, for young people's being brought up without unnecessary indulgences; but there should be moderation in everything.
Jane Austen -- Mansfield Park

advocate = supporter (person who speaks in favor of something)

The advocates of nuclear disarmament seem to believe that, if they could achieve their aim, war would become tolerable and decent.
Kurt Vonnegut -- Slaughterhouse-Five

advocates = people who publicly support

Perrin was an unlikely advocate for a multiethnic congregation.
Warren St. John -- Outcasts United

advocate = spokesperson (public supporter)

May I introduce: Mama Frank, the children's advocate!
Anne Frank -- The Diary of a Young Girl

advocate = supporter (spokesperson)

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3 —as in:
an advocate in court

Definition

a lawyer or officer of the court in some jurisdictions in Europe, colonial America, and the military

She is a U.S. Army judge advocate.

advocate = a lawyer for the military

Other Uses (with this meaning)

A solicitor advocate is qualified to represent clients in the higher courts in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

advocate = lawyer (in some jurisdictions)

The company needs a good advocate to represent them in trial in Scotland.

advocate = lawyer

A chuckle passed among the prosecutors, advocates, and court reporters.
Frank Beddor -- The Looking Glass Wars

advocates = lawyers

the great and learned advocate
Ben Jonson -- Volpone

advocate = lawyer

My soul should sue as advocate for thee.
William Shakespeare -- The Comedy of Errors

advocate = lawyer

Mosca, I was almost lost, the advocate
Had betrayed all; but now it is recovered;
All's on the hinge again—
Ben Jonson -- Volpone

advocate = lawyer

The advocate's a knave, And has a forked tongue—
Ben Jonson -- Volpone

advocate = lawyer

I am mad, a mule That never read Justinian, should get up, And ride an advocate.
Ben Jonson -- Volpone

advocate = lawyer

'I have not the inclination to parley,' said Mr. Brownlow, 'and, as I advocate the dearest interests of others, I have not the right.'
Charles Dickens -- Oliver Twist

advocate = act as an English lawyer for

4 —as in:
I'll play the devil's advocate

Definition

a person who takes an unpopular position to encourage debate or test ideas

"I was the Devil's Advocate," Mortati repeated.
Dan Brown -- Angels & Demons

devil's advocate = generally someone who takes an unpopular position to encourage debate; but in this book referring specifically to an historic job title in the Roman Catholic Church given to someone whose job was to point to weaknesses in a candidate

Other Uses (with this meaning)

The Devil's Advocate was appointed in advance by the reigning Pope in preparation for his own death.
Dan Brown -- Angels & Demons

The Devil's Advocate was never supposed to reveal his identity.
Dan Brown -- Angels & Demons

I was the Devil's Advocate.
Dan Brown -- Angels & Demons