Sample Sentences forproponent (auto-selected)
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He was an avid proponent of peonage, back when it was allowed, and often leased paroled students.† (source)
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As the lawyer for the proponent, he got the last word, but he wisely declined.† (source)
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Dad is always a proponent of a good indulgent sulk.† (source)
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In the 1970s, the famed Tyrolean alpinist Reinhold Messner emerged as the leading proponent of gasless climbing, declaring that he would ascend Everest "by fair means" or not at all.† (source)
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With a top cruising speed of 480 miles per hour, the Comet is 50% faster than propeller aircraft such as the DC-6, and its proponents say it provides smoother and quieter travel.† (source)
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Russell Pearce was an outspoken proponent of the new measure.† (source)
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The proponents of hunger strikes argued that it was a traditionally accepted form of protest that had been waged all over the world by such prominent leaders as Mahatma Gandhi.† (source)
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Self-professed proponent of the 4 Fs: find 'em, feel 'em, fug 'em, and forget 'em.† (source)
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Number the people of Caer-Dineval, ever proponents of the united efforts of Ten-Towns, among the army that shall repel the horde!† (source)
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Tell Lena what happened to her father, since you are such a proponent of the truth.† (source)
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The proponents of advertising in the schools argue that it is necessary to prevent further cutbacks; opponents contend that schoolchildren are becoming a captive audience for marketers, compelled by law to attend school and then forced to look at ads as a means of paying for their own education.† (source)
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In my eyes she was the unflinching, strong-armed proponent of white values, mores, and attitudes.† (source)
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While the contestants of the will jockeyed for position, the proponents fought among themselves.† (source)
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DeBlass is a strong proponent.† (source)
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My husband and I were—are—proponents of the population adjustment theory.† (source)
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The legislator and prosecutor, the zealous proponent and some would say manipulator of the law, the man who had repeatedly told representatives from the press that he was a reasonable person, one with no animosity toward the black race but simply a man who believed deeply in natural laws as God and the founding fathers of this great country had intended, was Andrew T. Judson, now a federal district judge appointed by President Martin Van Buren.† (source)
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