How to Use solidarity in a Sentence

solidarity

noun
  • The vote was a show of solidarity.
  • The hat that night was also red, loud in solidarity with the coat.
    Jordana Rothman, Bon Appétit, 10 Nov. 2022
  • And at the end, the women in the bleachers at the rodeo rise in solidarity while the men remain seated.
    Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2024
  • For many of the marchers, this was a moment for solidarity.
    Alia E. Dastagir, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2018
  • These acts, and the expression of solidarity with them, run counter to the values of the club.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2019
  • Fellow drivers and crew members helped walk his car up to the front of the pack in a show of solidarity.
    Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 24 June 2020
  • As Swift might sing, this show of solidarity is as rare as the glimmer of a comet in the sky.
    Madison Feller, ELLE, 24 Jan. 2023
  • No sense of solidarity with the poor from more well-off Kenyans.
    Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2020
  • That show of solidarity has the potential to bring the entire state school system to a halt.
    Kim Kelly, The New Republic, 27 Sep. 2019
  • Find ways to show solidarity and support for those who stuck by you when times were hard.
    Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 27 Feb. 2021
  • The event was staged in solidarity with those in the Global South and the entire world.
    Farhana Yamin, Time, 14 June 2019
  • Cars on Fulton pulled to the side of the road, honking horns in solidarity.
    Jason Parham, Wired, 5 June 2020
  • Click through the gallery above to see students across the country protesting in solidarity.
    Alex Scimecca, Fortune, 14 Mar. 2018
  • In the context of so much suffering, now is the time to seek unity and solidarity.
    Jawad Sukhanyar and Mujib Mashal, New York Times, 3 June 2017
  • Some team owners have joined arms with their players on the sidelines in a show of solidarity.
    Jim Morrill, charlotteobserver, 26 Sep. 2017
  • But there were flashes of anger and calls for solidarity, too.
    BostonGlobe.com, 27 Mar. 2021
  • In the years since, athletes from around the world and across different sports have taken a knee in a show of solidarity.
    NBC News, 14 Feb. 2022
  • For these players to bless his absence is an even greater test of their solidarity.
    Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2023
  • And since then, stars have been using their platform on the red carpet to stand in solidarity.
    Victoria Rodriguez, Seventeen, 5 Mar. 2018
  • The two seem to be backing each other: moms in solidarity.
    Sonja Haller, USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2019
  • Others called for a strike, or for people to stay home in solidarity.
    Sarah Dadouch, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2023
  • In solidarity with the women, most of the male attendees wore black, too.
    Sam Schube, GQ, 8 Jan. 2018
  • After their e-mails are hacked and leak, this phrase gets put on signs and t-shirts in solidarity with the couple.
    Town & Country, 11 Aug. 2023
  • As protesters passed by, some motorists raised fists in the air and honked in solidarity.
    Author: Bruce Schreiner, Sophia Tulp, Anchorage Daily News, 2 June 2020
  • Our strength is in solidarity — with our members and with the labor movement at large.
    Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 July 2023
  • In a show of solidarity, the team handed out groceries and served meals to residents.
    Analisa Novak, CBS News, 19 May 2022
  • One of his sisters briefly raised a single fist in solidarity.
    Carol Robinson, AL.com, 20 Oct. 2017
  • Famous women writers, thinkers, and artists in the world have cut their hair in solidarity with them.
    Mojgan Ghazirad, Longreads, 8 Nov. 2022
  • Petts decided to employ his skills as an artist in an act of solidarity.
    Gary Younge, The New York Review of Books, 6 July 2020
  • Scherzinger posed next to life-size trolls while dressed in solidarity: a fluffy, all-pink getup.
    Marci Robin, Allure, 15 Nov. 2023

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