How to Use espouse in a Sentence

espouse

verb
  • The new theory has been espoused by many leading physicists.
  • Those espousing unpopular views were often excluded.
  • Democrats and pro-choice groups have widely espoused the idea of court packing in the months since the fall of Roe v. Wade.
    Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 14 May 2023
  • Politicians need to stop cozying up to those who espouse it.
    Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 7 Nov. 2022
  • Revelations about the work of great painters to espouse.
    Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2022
  • The president’s swipe across the aisle is likely a preface for the kind of rhetoric Democrats will espouse on the campaign trail in the coming months.
    Alisa Wiersema, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2022
  • Most espouse traditional views about the role of women and the sexes.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 1 Mar. 2024
  • The Lummis-Gillibrand bill appears to espouse that view, much to the crypto crowd’s delight.
    Wired, 6 July 2022
  • Members of the group are known to espouse white supremacist rhetoric.
    Quinn Owen, ABC News, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Benz, in his public posts and appearances, has not espoused the same racist views as Frame Game.
    Brandy Zadrozny, NBC News, 6 Oct. 2023
  • While he was cleared of charges of heresy, he was instructed to no longer espouse the theory.
    Melissa Breyer, Treehugger, 19 June 2023
  • Most male players to this day seldom exceed 4⅝ and some even espouse gripping down to 4½.
    Bill Dwyre, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2022
  • Even folks who make a living beautifying homes espouse the virtues of the laundry chair.
    Rachel Kurzius, Washington Post, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Biles has found that younger Gen Zers, and the youngest athletes, Gen Alpha, espouse a more balanced approach both to training and to any challenge.
    Byjane Thier, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The kind of optimism espoused by Andreessen leaves no room for questions, doubts, or debate.
    Rachyl Jones, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2023
  • But the protests are planned, and many who attend, appear to be linked to a small number of local groups that espouse anti-gay and transgender views.
    Dallas News, 26 Oct. 2022
  • His fans in academia, never keen on missing a lesson of the master, at times espoused a somewhat more tepid agreement.
    Hannah Gold, Harper's Magazine, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Christmas movies may not quite embody the spirit we’re told to believe the holiday must espouse.
    Paul Schrodt, Men's Health, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Jurado, the tenant rights attorney, has staked out positions that run counter to many of those espoused by the three politicians in the race.
    David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024
  • An award for the songwriters, song of the year tends to gravitate toward tunes with a message or that espouse a certain lifestyle.
    Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 4 Mar. 2022
  • Since the platform is ad-based, creators are rewarded for espousing fringe views.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 24 July 2023
  • Sure, there are people in the Democratic Party who espouse views that many view as radical.
    Frida Ghitis, CNN, 19 May 2022
  • The incidents are an affront to the memory of Holocaust victims and to all who espouse to support human rights.
    Mark Wilf, CNN, 27 Jan. 2022
  • For decades, the Republican Party had espoused a set of ideas that could be described as the Reagan formula.
    CBS News, 23 Mar. 2024
  • To make matters worse, heads of major telecom companies are often the ones espousing these views.
    Kevin Cortez, Popular Mechanics, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Langer has worked with the automotive company for years and is quick to espouse the importance of sponsors to his success.
    Lindsay Kimble, PEOPLE.com, 7 Apr. 2022
  • These are the toxic themes espoused in right-wing media, delivered each day through a mix of internet pipelines and broadcasts to millions of homes across the country.
    Oliver Darcy, CNN, 1 Feb. 2024
  • As has been espoused in this space numerous times, the whole work-from-home dynamic is hardly something novel to the pandemic.
    Steven Aquino, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023
  • The race is a tight one for the two household names who espouse radically different paths to prosperity.
    Tara John, CNN, 27 Oct. 2022
  • The poll finds significantly less support for an option espoused by some on the left — a unified bi-national state.
    David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2024

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