verb
definition
To stop the flow of (blood).
definition
To stop, check, or deter an action.
example
Somebody's got to staunch those press leaks!
adjective
definition
Loyal, trustworthy, reliable.
example
He's been a staunch supporter of mine through every election.
definition
Dependable, persistent.
example
Without our staunch front line the enemy would have split the regiment.
Examples of staunch in a Sentence
He was a staunch supporter of the co-operative movement.
Politically, it is evident that he was a staunch supporter of the popular party.
After the outbreak of the World War he was a staunch supporter of the Allies, and on Jan.
Bogha himself remained till his death a staunch servant of the government.
For a long time she sat awake in the dark, unable to staunch the flow of tears.
In his professional capacity, his attitude was correct enough; and, indeed, his anxiety for the French alliance and for the marriage between Elizabeth and Anjou led him to suggest concessions to Anjou's Catholic susceptibilities which came strangely from so staunch a Puritan.
Everywhere, save in staunch and steadfast Holland and Zeeland, a feeling of wavering and hesitation was spreading through the land.
India, a staunch opponent of the Taliban, accused them of ' medieval barbarism ' .
It is in David's history that the clans of the south first attained prominence, and some of them are known to have been staunch upholders of a purer worship of Yahweh, or to have been associated with the introduction of religious institutions among the Israelites.
Arago, a staunch republican, refused to swear allegiance.
Theodosius Harnack was a staunch Lutheran and a prolific writer on theological subjects; his chief field of work was practical theology, and his important book on that subject, summing up his long experience and teaching, appeared at Erlangen (1877-1878, 2 vols.).
Its members have been keen evangelists, trusting largely to "revivals" for their success, staunch Radicals in politics and total abstainers to a man.
An active campaigner on many issues, Ainsley is a staunch advocate of the campaign for a fairer system of council tax.
Travis are noted fans of its potato fritters and Manic Street Preacher James Dean Bradfield is also a staunch supporter.
A staunch royalist, he lost three sons in the Civil War in the service of the King.
During his life he remained a staunch conservative and had, it is said, the outlook of an 18th century squire.
Maidenhead United chairman Jon Swan has paid tribute to club stalwart Brian Connor for his staunch service over the past nine years.
This does not detract from the necessity when heavy bleeding is observed to examine the patient in order to try to staunch the blood.
Martin was a staunch defender of workers ' rights all his working life.
Nast was a staunch opponent of slavery and throughout the Civil War Nast produced patriotic drawings urging people to help crush the rebels.
Within the parish Anthony Luther of Great Myles's, a staunch Protestant, took over Wright's role in vestry affairs.
Palin is a staunch Republican, and her political career began when she won a seat on the Wasilla City Council in 1992.
The former was the driving force which made the First Crusade successful, where later Crusades, without its stimulus, for the most part failed; the latter was the one staunch ally which alone enabled Baldwin I.
She was intelligent and tactful, a faithful wife, a devoted mother and a staunch friend.
The natives proved staunch to the British connexion during the war of 1899-1902,.
The Scottish earldom was first conferred in 1703 upon the 4th earl's great-grandfather, Archibald Primrose of Dalmeny (1664-1723), a staunch Whig and a commissioner for the Union.
His rupture with France in October 1337, caused by his claims to the French crown, tended to withdraw his attention from Scotland, where, though the staunch Sir Andrew Murray died, Black Agnes drove the English besiegers from Dunbar (1338), while the Knight of Liddesdale recovered Perth.
Although a staunch friend of the constitution, Madison believed, however, that the instrument should be interpreted conservatively and not be made the means of introducing radical innovations.
Story was a staunch supporter of his Church, and had little sympathy for schemes of reunion with the other Presbyterian communities.
When the religious wars broke out in France, Montluc, a staunch royalist, held Guyenne for the king.
The controversy was renewed in 1503 and again in 1578; but the general support of the Jesuits and the staunch fidelity of the Majorcans saved Lull from condemnation.
While Lord Bonville supported the queen, the house of Courtenay were staunch Yorkists, and the earl of Devon joined in the armed demonstration of Duke Richard in 1452.
But a strong opposing current of feeling, equally passionate, set in against the Turks; war began and lasted long; and as the agitation at home and the conflict abroad went on, certain of Disraeli's colleagues, who were staunch enough at the beginning, gradually weakened.
Ethel Reagan has become a staunch advocate of allowing the wondrous Psychic Tipster sufficient freedom to perform her good works amid mountains, or woods, or plains of Idaho where she resides.
If a staunch unreconstructed Thatcherite gets in, the future of people like Clarke and Oatten in the Tory party becomes dubious.
Despite his Evangelical convictions, Haweis remained a staunch churchman.
Many in Ireland agreed that this was the patriotic thing to do - even staunch supporters of Home Rule.
It was more of a shock that my Dad accepted cos he was a very staunch hindu.
The Yankee States, of which he is so staunch a subject, are but a drop in the bucket.
Wednesday May 3 I bump into Apu Bagchi, the once staunch Labor, now Independent candidate for Castle.
They remained staunch to the end against odds uncounted, and fell with their faces to the foe.
A staunch Roman Catholic, but belonging to a school of Augustinian enthusiasts (the Jansenists), whom the Church put down as heretics, he stands pretty much apart from the general currents.
But what Barnabas did see with full reasoned conviction, he was staunch in upholding; thus he upheld the general cause of Gentile freedom from the obligation of circumcision (as distinct from perfect religious equality with Jewish believers) at the Jerusalem conference (Acts xv.).
The comments by Senator Warner, a senior Republican who is a staunch supporter of the president, have reverberated loudly across Congress.
He was a staunch puritan, and a member of the Suffolk committee for the prosecution of scandalous ministers under the Earl of Manchester.
In the polling booth, tho, it has created conundrums, particularly for the most staunch of party supporters.
You cannot staunch the wounds of a character who is having their wounds treated.
I have been a staunch supporter of football in the town for over 78 years.
He has long been a staunch advocate of a toll-free road system.
She was a staunch opponent of the 1921 Treaty which gave Ireland dominion status within the British Empire.