Example Sentences

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“Parties are allying themselves with values that do not represent me,” Espinoza said.

From Washington Times • Nov. 20, 2023

Meanwhile, the Syrian Kurds are allying with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Russia to protect themselves from the Turks.

From Washington Post • Oct. 18, 2019

Now is the time to take a close look at what is happening there and with whom we are allying ourselves.

From Time Magazine Archive

Meanwhile people are fearing greater disturbances; the magistrates are conniving, for the local priests are in ill repute, and it is being reported that the artisans are allying themselves with the student-body.

From Luther Examined and Reexamined A Review of Catholic Criticism and a Plea for Revaluation by Dau, W. H. T. (William Herman Theodore)

These higher schools are passing through a humanizing process; they are making more of the social sciences and the art of living well; and they are allying themselves with practical life.

From Society Its Origin and Development by Rowe, Henry Kalloch