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How to use support in a sentence

40 example sentences · verb, noun

Support means to help keep from falling. Example: “Don’t move that beam! It supports the whole platform.”

Examples of support by meaning

verbTo help keep from falling.

  • Don’t move that beam! It supports the whole platform.
  • He staggered away from the accident site, supported by one friend on each side.
  • There is a soft-mat seat (which originally had a palm fiber underwebbing) supported by three curved transverse braces.1995, Nancy Berliner, Sarah Handler, Friends of the House, →ISBN, page 79

verbTo back or favor a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid.

  • I support France in the World Cup.

verbTo provide sustenance or maintenance for; to sustain in integrity or livelihood.

  • Mars does not currently support human habitation.

verbTo help, particularly financially; to subsidize.

  • The government supports the arts in several ways.
  • I said I shouldn’t support anything that deceives people.2020 April 14, “Beaten into a Coma for My Faith, Recovered Without Medical Treatment”, in Minghui
  • The NIAID supports projects at universities and research organizations around the United States as well as a network of 21 NIAID labs across the country.2023 August 2, Ben Tinker, Meg Tirrell and Brenda Goodman, “New director named at National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases...

verbTo provide evidence for; to lend credibility to.

  • The testimony is not sufficient to support the charges.
  • The evidence will not support the statements or allegations.

verbTo serve, as in a customer-oriented position; to give support to.

  • The IT Department supports the research organization, but not the sales force.

verbTo assist or be involved with, but not be responsible for.

  • I support the administrative activities of the executive branch of the organization.
  • I don't make decisions, but I support those who do.

verbTo answer questions and resolve problems regarding something sold.

  • Sure they sell the product, but do they support it?

More sentences with support

  • I was able to speak to a technical support person and get the problem solved.From the entry person
  • Five twelfths of the population voted in support of the proposal.From the entry twelfth
  • The government have done a U-turn and are now supporting greater European integration instead of opposing it.From the entry u-turn
  • The government played the Orange card to get support for their Ireland policy.From the entry card
  • To isolate electrical wires from the pylons supporting them, one often uses glass insulators.From the entry insulator
  • The first vowel of support is reduced to schwa by most English speakers.From the entry reduce
  • The new bond issue now appears to be on the bubble, with support eroding.From the entry on the bubble
  • The architecture of the company's billing system is designed to support its business goals.From the entry architecture
  • A line or cable supported by its ends sags, even if it is tightly drawn.From the entry sag
  • The role of statins in prophylaxis for cardiovascular disease is well supported by the medical literature.From the entry prophylaxis
  • We spotlight the star, but the supporting cast has all the great lines in this scene.From the entry spotlight
  • Unable to garner even a modicum of support for his plan, he conceded to follow the others.From the entry modicum
  • Some people support the measure, but the community at large will probably be against it.From the entry at large
  • When you pick up the bag, make sure to support the bottom.From the entry pick up
  • We thank her for her unstinting support of our new hospital.From the entry unstinting
  • Supported by an enraged and desperate public, this new alliance set out to achieve two goals.From the entry enraged
  • She cites other scholars' work only insofar as it supports her own theories.From the entry insofar as
  • That wall has to be at least three wythes of brick to support your load.From the entry wythe
  • The common safety factor used for elevator support cables is 11.From the entry safety factor
  • His debilitated body, the victim of the wasting disease, could no longer support his weight.From the entry debilitated
  • Smith's hardline approach to drugs gained him the support of many local citizens.From the entry hardline
  • If you can't stay sober, you need a support group like Alcoholics Anonymous.From the entry support group
  • We were unable to produce any dispositive evidence to support our case.From the entry dispositive
  • Illinois is expected to support its native son in the presidential primary.From the entry native son
  • The beams supporting the roof had rotted, causing the entire house to fall down.From the entry fall down
  • The support pylon for the ski gondola collapsed because of ice-jacking.From the entry ice-jack

Meaning of support

  1. verb To help keep from falling.
  2. verb To back or favor a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid.
  3. verb To provide sustenance or maintenance for; to sustain in integrity or livelihood.

Full definition of support

Questions about support in a sentence

How do you use support in a sentence?
Support is used as a verb and noun. For example: “Don’t move that beam! It supports the whole platform.”
What is a short sentence with support?
“I support France in the World Cup.”
What does support mean?
Support means to help keep from falling.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: support (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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