Sentence examples for staunchly hold from inspiring English sources

The islanders here speak English, not Spanish, and staunchly hold on to a culture that is far closer to its Caribbean neighbours than any Latin American political allegiance would suggest.

Even if you staunchly hold the line at goldfish booths at school fairs, your daughter will receive a tadpole kit as a birthday present and your son will bring home an adoption certificate for an African dwarf frog when the second-grade unit on habitats is over.

But the Chinese staunchly held to their tradition, which also had two aspects ideological and institutional.

That may be difficult when the truth has become incompatible with many peoples' and politicians' staunchly held beliefs.

I'm no greybeard staunchly holding on to my Dvorak keyboard layout as the one true input mechanism despite the advent of post-PC computing.

As Mary Roach wrote, "In my experience, the most staunchly held views are based on ignorance or accepted dogma, not carefully considered accumulations of facts.

Plus, Farrier admitted, many in the Caucus are used to staunchly holding to their views as obstructionists, which was fun and easy under Barack Obama, rather than negotiating productive deals.

Although weary from many years in office, his Pasok party continues to hold staunchly to its center-left ideology.

But Mr. Schundler entered the Republican primary as a dark horse, a social conservative in a staunchly moderate state, who had never held a state office and who was unloved by the elite in his own party.

In the interest of holding on to their precious votes, they staunchly defend such practices, even when those practices result in innocent people setting themselves on fire in desperation.

The church staunchly opposes abortion, holding that life begins at conception, and has even raised concerns about the morning-after pill.