Sentence examples for stoutly for from inspiring English sources

Hamilton stood stoutly for a strong central authority; Jefferson, for republican principles and states' rights.

Dragons number nine Richie Rees was sin-binned as his team defended stoutly for almost four minutes just three metres from their try line, which they kept intact.

The Polish champions were a different outfit after half-time and their superior skill and fitness told against a TNS side that defended stoutly for much of the second half.

Glamorgan hung on stoutly for a draw when they faced Ajmal for the first time at Cardiff in the game that preceded that, thanks to a rearguard effort from Will Bragg and skipper Mark Wallace.

When Goring launched a counter-charge, the disorganised Parliamentarians were routed, although some of the Covenanter cavalry regiments with Fairfax's wing, especially the Earl of Eglinton's regiment, resisted stoutly for some time.

As a result, the mayor and the chancellor were stoutly criticized for being inaccessible, and officials now acknowledge that it was a mistake to slight the Council.

"The biggest thing about Rags to Riches and the reason why we decided to run her in the Belmont is her pedigree was just so stoutly bred for the Belmont," Pletcher said.

Baseball, in this view, was a game for stoutly built men proud to be called "sluggers," uncouth players who said things like "I'd rather be lucky than good" and chewed tobacco, and who, unlike barehanded outfielders in cricket, wore leather gloves to catch balls.

(In Warsaw, some senior figures grumble that Poland should be at the G20, to represent former communist states).Senior Dutch and Spanish officials stoutly make the case for their inclusion.

Detective Simon Ziele, the action hero in this series, is eager to point out that he has installed "the modern black and brass Strowger dial telephone" in his rooms, while his sleuthing partner, the criminologist Alistair Sinclair, stoutly declares his preference for the older, more expensive electric cabs over "the new, faster gasoline cabs".

Col Boon is eighty-five years of age, five feet seven inches high, stoutly made, and active for one of his years; is still of vigorous mind, and is pretty well informed.