How to Use supporter in a Sentence

supporter

noun
  • President Lyndon B. Johnson was a strong supporter of civil rights.
  • Quite a few supporters did show up.
    Thomas Lake, AJC.com, 4 June 2026
  • But supporters of the process say that’s not the case.
    Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Porter, in her video, thanked her supporters and her team.
    Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 3 June 2026
  • So are many of your supporters.
    David Hadley, Oc Register, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Ford must hope his would-be supporters aren’t renters or don’t read the news.
    Editorial, Boston Herald, 27 May 2026
  • The news of the new heads of the army, navy and air force came amid the roar of supporters.
    Louis Casiano, Fox News, 26 June 2024
  • Just how dire would things have to get before these supporters sell their shares?
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2024
  • But supporters say some towns depend on these funds.
    Sasha Allen, Hartford Courant, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Cornyn’s attempt to avoid the same fate made even some of his supporters wince.
    Thomas Beaumont, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2026
  • The union and its supporters say revenue from the tax would help make up for those cuts.
    Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 18 June 2026
  • That hasn’t been a concern for his supporters.
    Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 11 June 2026
  • Creech's supporters, meanwhile, say decades spent in a prison cell have left him changed.
    CBS News, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Villa supporters were not used to this.
    Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Joe Tsai played lacrosse at Yale and is a big supporter.
    Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Fields had plenty of supporters in the locker room and even on the staff.
    Dianna Russini, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Good’s supporters have called for the agent's arrest.
    Michael Loria, USA Today, 11 Jan. 2026
  • To his supporters, none of this mattered.
    Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Fox was a strong supporter of the trolley project from its early days.
    Diane Bell Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Nov. 2021
  • Sprowls thanked his supporters in the statement.
    Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Jan. 2026
  • There were no doubt plenty of supporters for the Huskers, though.
    Dave Skretta, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Before a ball was kicked off, supporters were fully locked in.
    Ben Church, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
  • Worse, elite supporters of solar and wind don’t want them in their backyard.
    Wal Van Lierop, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Some supporters even lost the will to protest, feeling nothing will change.
    Rob Tanner, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2025
  • One board member, a supporter of the clinic, wiped away tears.
    New York Times, 5 June 2022
  • Warren is a supporter, too, but isn’t buying this idea now.
    Jared Gans, The Hill, 12 Jan. 2026
  • At the same time, there are plenty of local supporters.
    Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2025
  • But some supporters worry the tech is moving too fast.
    Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 28 June 2026
  • Most of our supporters drifted home.
    Robert Moor, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
  • The sanctions drew praise from Ukraine and its supporters.
    Alexander Smith, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2025

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