Sentence examples for did to root for from inspiring English sources

I tried hard, I truly did, to root for Big Blue — how could one not, in so congenial a room?

Despite the European Tour's wishes for the French Open to do likewise this week, there is cause to root for Lowry on the other side of the Atlantic.

Advertisers, if they could be persuaded to stop chasing sticks around the yard, would do well to root for a backlash, too.

She did not want to root for another horse.

Many Hillary supporters don't want Bernie to keep campaigning, and many Bernie supporters don't want to root for Hillary if she gets the nomination.

I didn't want to render Sparta in overly accurate terms, because ultimately I do want you to root for the Spartans.

We don't have to root for it to win.

You don't have to root for him to win.

And, refreshingly, this is one family entertainment where you don't have to root for either cats or dogs.

Do I continue to root for McNabb with Washington and risk the ire of my fellow Eagles fans who see him as the enemy?

They do, however, tend to root for each other on the global stage, particularly when one of them plays a big European nation.