Sentence examples for not only staunch from inspiring English sources

Ending the War on Drugs would thus not only staunch the windfall feeding a violent and corrupting domestic and international black market, but also bring to an end the motivation for thousands of children to seek the desperate alternative of running for the U.S. border.

At the end of the summer, the assessments showed Practice Makes Perfect had not only staunched the students' "summer slide," but helped them gain ground — over all, the students showed a slight improvement in reading and math.

Dr. Archer is not only a staunch foe of abortion, he has objected in the past to birth control measures as well, most notably the pill.

That's because Portman is not only a staunch conservative but also an important member of the Republican Party establishment; he was a key adviser to Mitt Romney during his Presidential campaign, his debate-prep partner, and he was seriously vetted for Vice-President on the G.O.P. ticket.

Obama gave that a shot with the Garland selection, since Garland wasn't a liberal firebrand and was fairly old, meaning he likely wouldn't serve for too many decades (Gorsuch is not only a staunch conservative; he's also just 49).

Urlacher and Briggs aren't the only staunch run stoppers.

In the very competitive world of New York theater, where casting for star power has become the norm, and the bottom line speaks louder than any line of dialogue, the Steppenwolf Theater Company in Chicago is something of an anomaly: a staunch champion not only of emerging playwrights, but also of homegrown casts.

The school's coach, Patrick Roy, is not only one of Pierce's staunchest supporters, but also one of his only ones.

Closer to our own times, Barbara Cartland made her name not only as a romantic novelist and staunch advocator of all things pink and fluffy, but as a developer of aviation technology: in 1984, she was given the Bishop Wright Air Industry Award for pioneering a long-distance towing method for gliders.

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Mr. Newman, a staunch liberal, was disappointed, not only by the outcome but also by the low turnout.