Sentence examples for were a pillar of from inspiring English sources

You were a pillar of the community.

"We were a pillar of strength in the markets," said Citigroup's C.E.O., Vikram S. Pandit, in an interview late Friday afternoon.

Rather than the traditional painted horses, the carousel figures include a toothy beaver, evoking the Adirondack woodlands, and a duck recalling the duck farms that were a pillar of Long Island commerce.

"So why shouldn't we, too?" This is a time of ferment for the United States' 15,000 senior centers, many vestiges of the 1960s and '70s when federally financed meals for the elderly were a pillar of the Great Society.

The president, perhaps stung by criticism from women who were a pillar of his re-election, has defended his diversity record by citing his appointment of two women to the U.S. Supreme Court in his first term and suggesting that he might have some surprise female appointments in store.

"Agreeing that busing and school desegregation failed makes it possible to dismiss the educational goals that were a pillar of the civil-rights movement and to dismiss the constitutional promise of equality endorsed by Brown, though it was never fully realized," wrote Delmont in a recent op-ed in the Atlantic.

"She is a pillar of strength.

He is a pillar of the community".

He was a pillar of his community.

Rudy Giuliani was a pillar of strength.

Joy Williams is a pillar of strength.