Sentence examples for a loyal opponent from inspiring English sources

A loyal opponent is not just an opponent, but one who remains loyal.

In his speech conceding defeat, Mr. Rajoy praised Mr. Zapatero as a "worthy opponent" and pledged that the Popular Party would be "a loyal opposition always serving the interests of Spain".

Confucius believed in a loyal opposition.

But South African political analysts say Mr. de Klerk's party was never able to negotiate the difficult transition from 40 years of iron-fisted rule to a role as a loyal democratic opponent.

Judy Clarke, the loyal opponent of the death penalty who was profiled by Patrick Radden Keefe, is a great attorney, colleague, and friend ("The Worst of the Worst," September 14th).

At the ceremony, Bonner told Gorbachev that now that Sakharov was gone he had lost his most loyal opponent.

When a Russian agent calls to offer dirt on a political opponent, a loyal American will call the FBI.

The patronage system he has built, which relies on buying off tribes and political opponents while maintaining a loyal caste of underemployed bureaucrats, policemen and army officers, is greased entirely by oil money.

A voracious reader, a formidable squash opponent who loved music and a loyal friend and mentor, he enhanced our lives and the world.

A loyal supporter of Robespierre in his persecution of opponents (Reign of Terror, 1793 94), Hanriot and Robespierre fell from power in July 1794 (Thermidorian Reaction) and were guillotined together.

Sarpi was a friar and, by his lights, a loyal Catholic, but he was also a loyal Venetian and hence an opponent of the temporal powers of the pope.