How to Use staunch in a Sentence

staunch

1 of 2 adjective

• She is a staunch advocate of women's rights.
• I'm one of his staunchest supporters.
• He's a staunch believer in the value of regular exercise.
• But the staunch Catholic wouldn’t take his own life, his mother said.
  — Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 16 Aug. 2025
• On the contrary, the men have become staunch creatures of habit.
  — Carlos Aguilar, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2023
• The summons is a rare move between staunch allies.
  — ABC News, 17 Feb. 2026
• Julianne Moore is a staunch hater of one of the world’s most beloved comfort foods.
  — Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 18 Dec. 2023
• And Israel has a staunch friend in the White House.
  — Richard Haass, Foreign Affairs, 3 Sep. 2025
• Um, my mom was my staunchest defender.
  — Outside Online, 21 Jan. 2026
• Forget the critics and the staunch music execs, the fans are so ready!
  — Michael Nied, PEOPLE, 13 Sep. 2025
• India is a staunch ally of Hasina.
  — Colin Millar, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2026
• The bill has drawn staunch opposition from business groups.
  — Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 8 Mar. 2026
• His usually staunch defensive game has looked a lot more suspect.
  — Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 31 May 2026
• Even the staunchest skeptics were forced to acknowledge the progress on display.
  — Asli Pelit, New York Times, 15 June 2026
• Palace’s defence, so staunch for much of this campaign, snuffed out any serious danger.
  — Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 28 May 2026
• But even the staunchest skeptic would fold under these statistics.
  — Zeniya Cooley, refinery29.com, 15 Aug. 2023
• The staunch support from oil and gas producers wasn’t preordained.
  — Laura Davison, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2024
• Crow, long a staunch supporter of the conference, is now tasked with a huge decision.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 5 Aug. 2023
• Everyone is done with her, perhaps no one more than Jess, once her staunch defender.
  — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2025
• But if Postecoglou is a staunch ideologue, Frank is a proud pragmatist.
  — Elias Burke, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2025
• Janey has long been her brother-in-law’s staunchest defenders, with the case inspiring her to go to law school.
  — Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 22 Jan. 2024
• What hasn’t changed is Troublé’s staunch belief in giving clients fair value for money.
  — Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 1 Oct. 2025
• Sanders has been one of Platner’s most staunch advocates since launching his campaign.
  — Haris Alic, The Washington Examiner, 7 July 2026
• The Rangers, on the other hand, have been staunch on defense, with the sixth lowest goals-against average.
  — Ian Firstenberg, Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2023
• Even for Tomlin’s most staunch supporters, patience seems to be running thin.
  — Mike Defabo, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026
• Martinez has been a staunch advocate for Palestinians for years.
  — Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2025
• Bondi has remained a staunch Trump loyalist.
  — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 27 May 2026
• United have long prided themselves on staunch defending.
  — Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
• He's been a staunch supporter of the death penalty from day one, as illustrated by the toy electric chairs on his desk.
  — Haley Bemiller, Cincinnati Enquirer, 19 Oct. 2025
• Domenicali has been a staunch defender of F1 against criticisms of the new rules.
  — Patrick Iversen, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026

staunch

2 of 2 verb

• But that hasn’t staunched a meltdown of late and 27 blown saves.
  — Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 24 Sep. 2025
• Both bled onto their shirts and the competition paused as the woman tried to staunch their wounds.
  — Marc Lester, Anchorage Daily News, 16 July 2023
• The mayor and governor postured, but did little to staunch the wounds.
  — Molly Crabapple, The New York Review of Books, 9 June 2020
• While no one was inside the home at the time, the firefighters worked to staunch the flames by filling flower pots with water from the kitchen sink.
  — Anna Caplan, Dallas News, 24 June 2021
• Research shows that multiple prevention strategies can help staunch the spread of viruses in schools.
  — Rachel Reiff Ellis, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2022
• Fahd, cradling his bloodied baby, pressing his hand to Sam’s head in a futile attempt to staunch the bleeding.
  — Jeremy Diamond, CNN Money, 13 June 2026
• This ten year plan outlined ambitious goals to staunch the collapse of biodiversity across the globe.
  — Nora McGreevy, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Sep. 2020
• There is business to be done — calls to be made and other maneuvers to try to staunch the bleeding that everyone knows will come when the news gets out.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 10 Apr. 2023
• Two guests at the house, Cook’s cousin and her boyfriend, looked on and the boyfriend gave Trimble his shirt to staunch her bleeding, the suit detailed.
  — New York Times, 10 Nov. 2021
• Jernigan said the next CDC director will have to figure out how to staunch the bleeding.
  — Helen Branswell, STAT, 30 Mar. 2026
• Whether this will be enough to staunch criticism from developers will become apparent in the coming days and weeks.
  — David Phelan, Forbes, 28 Apr. 2021
• The huge cut in student housing represents a largely unpublicized effort to staunch the spread of the virus.
  — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2020
• The real damage came with mid-range shots that staunched momentum as a pro-Crimson Tide crowd waited to erupt.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2023
• The night presented an opportunity to reset the campaign, or at least staunch the bleeding.
  — Rob Crilly, Washington Examiner, 7 Oct. 2020
• To staunch the rebellion, Assad took to attacking his own people with bombs and chemical weapons.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 8 Sep. 2022
• One, a pediatric ER doctor, wrapped his arm in a makeshift tourniquet and stuffed the wound to staunch the bleeding while others called for help.
  — Los Angeles Times, Boston Herald, 8 June 2026
• One, a pediatric ER doctor, wrapped his arm in a makeshift tourniquet and stuffed the wound to staunch the bleeding while others called for help.
  — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2026
• Only Jake Keaser, who entered to start the sixth, was able to staunch the bleeding, throwing two scoreless innings.
  — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 5 June 2022
• In an attempt to staunch the bleeding, WhatsApp delayed the full rollout of the new policies for months so users would have more time to learn about the changes.
  — Lily Hay Newman, Wired, 15 May 2021
• Companies might have to document whether or not an acquisition would staunch competition in a nascent market.
  — Fortune, 10 Dec. 2020
• But will the attempt to turn Facebook into a TikTok-style experience be enough to staunch the bleeding?
  — Andy Meek, BGR, 25 July 2022
• This lap came in the second, ending with Eric Hosmer being cut down at home by right fielder Daulton Varsho to staunch the threat.
  — Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 July 2022
• Between 15 to 30 percent of service could be slashed, a drastic measure to staunch financial wounds caused by the coronavirus.
  — Rachel Swan, SFChronicle.com, 4 July 2020
• Shanghai locked down on Monday, closing half the city at a time in four-day turns, to conduct a mass testing in an effort to staunch its spiraling Covid outbreak.
  — Bloomberg.com, 27 Mar. 2022
• Many public places are now equipped with Stop the Bleed kits people can use to staunch the bleeding after a gunshot wound or injury in a car crash or another accident.
  — Shari Rudavsky, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Apr. 2021
• The citywide lockdown of Shanghai in March to staunch the spread of Covid-19 caused widespread supply-chain disruption.
  — Catherine Wang, Forbes, 22 Apr. 2022
• One result was not just transitory but persistent inflation that, previous experience suggests, may take years of slow growth to staunch.
  — Michael Barone, Arkansas Online, 16 Jan. 2023
• Cassie, who miraculously emerged from the wreck unscathed, tried to staunch her partner's bleeding before grabbing a machine gun and careening off in a rage after Ronald.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 19 May 2021
• To boost domestic energy, the bill includes a new per-kilowatt hour production tax credit for nuclear power to staunch the closing of nuclear plants.
  — Timothy Puko, WSJ, 28 July 2022
• Staff first used their bare hands to try to staunch her bleeding, and finally scrounged some sutures from another department, but there were no intravenous fluids or blood supplies for a transfusion.
  — NBC News, 11 June 2021