ALLY in a Sentence

Learn ALLY from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
90 example sentences for ALLY, such as:
1. Portugal is a traditional ally of England.
2. North Korea is one of China's staunchest allies.
3. Charles remained a close ally of the French king.
4. At that period Buckingham was an ally, and not an enemy.
5. The allies say they will treat their prisoners decently.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of ALLY
ally
 v.  become an ally or associate, as by a treaty or marriage
 n.  a friendly nation
Classic Sentence: (52 in 4 pages)
1  John Ferrier felt a different man now that he realized that he had a devoted ally.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER IV. A FLIGHT FOR LIFE
2  The baffled envoy," continued Cedric, pursuing with animation his tale, though it interested not the listener, "retreated, to carry to Tosti and his ally the ominous answer of his injured brother.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
3  She looked at the other woman, who stood so sly, with her head dropped: yet somehow, in her femaleness, an ally.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 16
4  As I descended, my old ally, the guard, came out of the room and closed the door tightly behind him.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENGINEER’S THUMB
5  Many traces we found of him in the bog-girt island where he had hid his savage ally.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 14. The Hound of the Baskervilles
6  It was during these fruitless quests that he, or rather his ally, was seen by peasants, and that the legend of the demon dog received a new confirmation.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15. A Retrospection
7  Yes," said our ally, "I am Bob Carruthers, and I'll see this woman righted, if I have to swing for it.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IV. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SOLITARY CYCLIST
8  She could sense that in Melanie's devoted heart she had an ally, feel Melanie's indignation that anyone, even her beloved husband, should make Scarlett cry.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
9  Montcalm lingered long and melancholy on the strand where he had been left by his companion, brooding deeply on the temper which his ungovernable ally had just discovered.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 17
10  The French had accounted for this unexpected defection on the part of their ally in various ways.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 28
11  For shame," replied Minerva, "why, any one else would trust a worse ally than myself, even though that ally were only a mortal and less wise than I am.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK XX
12  It is justifiable to enter into war against our nearest ally, when one of his towns lies convenient for us, or a territory of land, that would render our dominions round and complete.
Gulliver's Travels 2 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 4: CHAPTER V.
13  The most "puzzled" were the school-master and Thenardier, the proprietor of the tavern, who was everybody's friend, and had not disdained to ally himself with Boulatruelle.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER II—IN WHICH THE READER WILL PERUSE TWO VERSES, WH...
14  At that period Buckingham was an ally, and not an enemy.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 47 THE COUNCIL OF THE MUSKETEERS
15  Only let Aeneas himself come hither, if desire of us be so strong, if he be in haste to join our friendship and be called our ally.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK SEVENTH
Example Sentence: (38 in 3 pages)
1  Portugal is a traditional ally of England.
2  Charles remained a close ally of the French king.
3  The Yuezhi were the goal of Zhang Qian's mission to the west to find a powerful ally against the Xiongnu.
4  The trouble is that selling arms to this particular ally regularly involves 'commissions' - in plain language, bribes - to well-placed people including members of the Saudi ruling family.
5  This country is our closest and only meaningful ally, the main strut of international security.
6  The administration has fallen into step with its European allies on this issue.
7  The allies say they will treat their prisoners decently.
8  Even his closest allies describe him as forceful, aggressive and determined.
9  The allies let loose an intensive artillery bombardment over the border.
10  North Korea is one of China's staunchest allies.
11  He's argued from the start that America and its allies are putting too much emphasis on the military option.
12  Washington would not take such a step without its allies' approval.
13  They therefore proved natural allies in her assault upon the seat of consensus in Whitehall.
14  This book therefore sets out to win over a much wider audience to the beauty and importance of ferns and their allies.
15  The demonstrators inspired thousands of allies to take to the streets to protest economic inequality and corporate greed.