6 sentences with 'oppose'
Example sentences and phrases with the word oppose and other words derived from it.
• « He should strongly and consistently oppose the cigarette, pipe or cigar in order to effectively kick the habit. »
• « In 1630, the Swedish king, Gustavus Adolphus, received financial support from the French to oppose the Habsburgs and their forces. »
• « In this, Napoleon not only saw Russia as the last remaining great power on the continent to oppose him, but hoped to regain lost momentum and popularity. »
• « In turn, the radical left of the socialist parties soon broke away and formed new parties that continued to oppose the war; these new parties were typically called "communist" while the old ones remained "socialist". »
• « Thus, by June 1940, there were no great powers left to oppose Germany but Britain (the United States, although much more favourable to Britain than to Germany, remained neutral). »
• « The Christian Democrats (or, in Britain's case, the Tory Conservative Party) tended to oppose the dissolution of empire, at least until decolonisation was in full swing in the 1960s. »