Sentence examples for gave two cheers from inspiring English sources

David: Irving Kristol famously gave two cheers for capitalism, because there are downsides for every upside.

In an essay published in 1938, the novelist EM Forster gave two cheers for democracy: "One because it admits variety, and two because it permits criticism… Two cheers are quite enough," he wrote.

Spectators gave three cheers when he entered the courtroom, and Hall threatened to adjourn if there were any further interruptions.

I gave three cheers for the acclaimed Spanish chef Ferran Adrià when he recently announced he'd be closing his restaurant El Bulli; even if it is, by general consensus, the best restaurant on the face of the planet, he'd rather spend some time having a happy life.

Before the march, the crowd gave three cheers for the general synod for voting, in 1992, to allow women priests.

Just before the engagement, the American crew gave three cheers.

After the discovery of the king's body the victorious troops, according to Markham, "gave three cheers over it, as if it had been a dead fox".

Gneisenau had been hit more than 50 times at close range; the crew gave three cheers for the Kaiser before the vessel sank.

For these reasons, I'd give two cheers for the Wikipedia.

Most of all, there has to be a culture that gives two cheers to grandiosity.

To be frank, even if the changes demanded by the Arctic Monkeys and the others had gone through, I would only have given two cheers.