had espoused
- past perfect of espouse.
Example Sentences
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“It really did come to a head in those hearings: this disconnect between many of the principles he had espoused publicly and the things that he had allegedly done personally,” Hill told Farrell.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2022
While Baerbock, the co-leader of Germany’s Greens party, had espoused a harder line toward Russia on the campaign trail and her opposition to the pipeline project, her position since taking office has been more muted.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 5, 2022
Politically, she had espoused clear, conservative positions since at least her high school days, recalled classmates at the prestigious Lycée Lyautey in Casablanca, where she spent part of her adolescence.
From New York Times ● Jul. 21, 2021
They disagreed on politics – Daniel is a centrist Democrat, and Greg had espoused libertarianism – but their political differences had never come in the way of their relationship.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 23, 2020
And Charles’s book was, after all, an argument against the concept of God as creator that Paley had espoused.
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
