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take up a cause, theory, or other idea- They openly espouse an extremist ideology.
- Every government would espouse the common cause.Madison, James -- Federalist Papers Authored by James Madison
- The candidate espouses Republican ideals.
- But if Dorothea did choose to espouse her solitude, he felt that the resolution would well become her.Eliot, George -- Middlemarch
- It's a bargain: I accept you; I espouse your cause.James, Henry -- The American
- Would she not prefer to espouse death itself rather than that living corpse?Leroux, Gaston -- The Phantom of the Opera
- Brothers espouse the wives of their brothers, and to conclude, they observe a great number of Jewish ceremonies.Lobo, Father -- A Voyage to Abyssinia
- Say that you will espouse my cause.Burroughs, Edgar Rice -- The Gods of Mars
- I wish the one you espouse at present, much joy of the acquisition it has made.Dickens, Charles -- Barnaby Rudge - A Tale Of The Riots Of 'Eighty
- He should espouse Elizabeth her daughter.Shakespeare, William -- King Richard III
- for Henry King of England, that the said Henry shall espouse theShakespeare, William -- King Henry VI, Part 2
- God allows evil to come about because mankind has espoused it, and now we are beginning to feel the burden of our own evil and imperfections.Wladyslaw Szpilman -- The Pianist
- Those who espoused Melanie's side pointed triumphantly to the fact that Melanie was constantly with Scarlett these days.Margaret Mitchell -- Gone with the Wind
- Would she not prefer to espouse death itself rather than that living corpse?Gaston Leroux -- The Phantom of the Opera
- Lucius Cary, Viscount Falkland, was an English politician who espoused the royalist side; he was killed in battle in the Civil War.Ralph Waldo Emerson -- Selected Essays
- The fights ceased after two days as the Communicators walked up and down the school espousing calm.Luis J. Rodriguez -- Always Running
- So, get thee gone: commend me to thy lord; Withal say that the queen hath heartily consented He should espouse Elizabeth her daughter.William Shakespeare -- The Life and Death of King Richard III
- It was about this time that Terah espoused the mother of Abraham and she was with child....Joseph Campbell -- The Hero With a Thousand Faces
- But if Dorothea did choose to espouse her solitude, he felt that the resolution would well become her.George Eliot -- Middlemarch
- This was art which sprang from a cult very different from the faith espoused by St. Kevin.Seamus Heaney -- Crediting Poetry