Sentence examples for fan speaking from inspiring English sources

It was typical: people weren't sharing confidences, reader to writer, they were testifying, one fan speaking up in front of everybody else, with sardonic humour, wounded pride, pain.

"It proved beyond a doubt that the universe is cruel -- that's the reality," said Scott Turow, a novelist and lifelong Cubs fan, speaking from his perspective as a native Chicagoan.

Absolutely, said Joseph Stoner, a 41-year-old Yankees fan, speaking of Joe Girardi, who just 10 days ago became the object of a stadium-wide Bronx cheer after making a disastrous tactical decision in the previous game of the Yankees' first-round playoff series against the Cleveland Indians.

Perhaps Stelling's emotions had simply got the better of him; he knows how to play to a gallery but his support is authentic and he is not regarded in Hartlepool as a long-distance celebrity fan speaking from an ivory tower.

Frontman He Fan, speaking last year, said of Monkey Snake: "We're controlled by them [state media] but we don't even know it.

I will be watching and cheering the boys on like a proper England fan!" Speaking about Wilshere after Arsenal's shock home defeat by Wigan, Gunners boss Arsene Wenger said: "He is not ready to practice today or next week.

As Di Canio faced down the crowd, the gesture of one fan spoke volumes.

A fan speaks of listening rapturously to a Chopra speech but of being unable to recount the words.

The bestselling author Stephen King, a fan, spoke for many when he observed: "There's a queasily gleeful subtext to 24 that suggests, 'if things are this bad, why, I guess we can torture anybody we want!

One fan spoke to BBC Sport on condition of anonymity.

I've never heard a fan speak about a fighter's loss in supernatural terms.