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.
  • There are many theories for the purpose of these stones, but traveling through time was not one espoused by our guide.
    Deborah Doyle, National Geographic, 8 Apr. 2019
  • Black metal lyrics often espouse Satanism and paganism, and a few bands feature neo-Nazi beliefs.
    Melinda Deslatte, The Seattle Times, 14 Apr. 2019
  • Yes, that’s the double-digit opinion that journalist Yashar Ali espoused—in a tweet that was read far and wide—as his preferred stockpile of washcloths.
    Liz Krieger, Town & Country, 22 Feb. 2019
  • The output of a platform tells you what it is designed to do: In X’s case, all of this is proof of a system engineered to give voice to hateful ideas and reward those who espouse them.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
  • 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
  • Practical types espouse the joys of a pale-blue surgical mask as a...
    Katharine K. Zarrella and Sara Bosworth, WSJ, 26 Aug. 2020
  • 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
  • The letter, meant to be satirical, espoused the use of sunshine over candles.
    Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 7 Mar. 2020
  • 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
  • There’s no hard data on how many Christians espouse QAnon.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 Aug. 2020
  • But these killings galvanized backlash from those who felt that the time for the pacifism that Martin Luther King, Jr., espoused had passed.
    Rachel Kleinfeld, Foreign Affairs, 19 July 2024
  • Thompson said China can't espouse one thing then act in the opposite way.
    Brad Lendon, CNN, 25 Oct. 2021
  • 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
  • Ours has been an organization with the courage to defend and espouse the cause of those less fortunate.
    Elaine Ayala, ExpressNews.com, 14 Sep. 2019
  • 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
  • The company line espoused culture, work ethic, accountability and being fits for their systems of offense and defense.
    Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 27 Oct. 2024

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