Sentence examples for trying to root for from inspiring English sources

"It is particularly infuriating to Muslims when America intervenes in a way that is destabilizing, trying to root for one imagined side against another, in what Americans conceive of as an inevitable evolution toward the victory of one side".

I've tried to root for both the University of Colorado Buffaloes and the Denver Broncos in the No Fun League -- and it's been no fun at all.

The judge has been much respected for trying to root out wrongdoing in Iraqi ministries, which are accused of being rife with corruption.

And, of course, there are landlords pressed for cash, trying to root out people who are using rent-controlled or rent-stabilized apartments illegally.

Just make sure that you do not overdo it with treats or your horse may learn to expect them or may even try to root around in your clothes for treats.

"I thought, let's go far-out and absurd places, but let's try to play everything as if it's for real and try to root it in human behavior.

"I'm trying hard to root for Binghamton".

I slowly gave up trying to force myself to root for the Cubs around the same time I stopped forcing myself to see my father as anything other than a flawed, sad man full of spite.

It's a pain in the neck, really, trying to figure out whom to root for when neither team has even the vaguest hold on your affection.

I tried hard, I truly did, to root for Big Blue — how could one not, in so congenial a room?

If you really want someone to root for, try golfer Seve Ballesteros, who spoke to the Spanish daily Marca for the first time about his battle with brain cancer.