Sentence examples for became a proponent from inspiring English sources

Somehow Ms Kusama, a celibate, became a proponent of the sexual-liberation movement.

In his later years Leary became a proponent of cybernetics and designed software.

Notably, he became a proponent of increased legal immigration and a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants.

After France joined the war on America's side in 1778, Franklin became a proponent of continuing to seduce her by feigning great gratitude.

In India, Tushar Gandhi, great-grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, the revered independence leader who became a proponent of non-violent protest, said that in recent years all Nobel prizes had been in the tradition of his famous forebear.

Young Weimar Jews were particularly drawn to these messianic currents through the writings of Martin Buber, who later became a proponent of interfaith understanding but as a young Zionist promoted a crude chauvinistic nationalism.

Perhaps it's not surprising that Durst has become a proponent of beekeeping.

He had become a proponent of intervening to provide liquidity and encourage lending.

Still, it would be wrong to say that Mr. Rafsanjani has suddenly become a proponent of justice, human rights and freedom.

Last year, Rutgers player Eric LeGrand was paralyzed while covering a kickoff, an injury that shook Coach Greg Schiano so deeply that he has become a proponent of eliminating kickoffs in college football and replacing them with a modified punt.

But like Mr. Obama, a vigorous opponent of the Iraq war during the Bush years who has become a proponent of a more vigorous American military commitment in Afghanistan, Mr. Brown has made the Afghan conflict his own.