How to Use ally in a Sentence

ally

1 of 2 verb

• She's allied herself with the moderates on this issue.
• He'll even admit that he's hoping to ally himself to a wealthy family by marriage.
• They've allied with their former enemies.
• The robots are here, and the humans are racing to defend against them, or to ally with them.
  — James Poniewozik, New York Times, 10 May 2023
• This has led to tensions between groups that long tried to ally with Biden.
  — Fox News, 6 June 2020
• Our goal is to ally with scores of as-yet-unformed alumni groups around the country.
  — Stuart Taylor Jr. and Edward Yingling, WSJ, 17 Oct. 2021
• Those same warlords would later ally with the U.S.-led coalition to oust the Taliban in 2001.
  — CBS News, 12 Feb. 2022
• The Wagner group has about 1,500 troops in Mali, allied with the military regime there.
  — Elian Peltier, New York Times, 5 Aug. 2023
• Some far-right groups have allied themselves with the movement to advance their agendas.
  — Richard Read, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2020
• She’s been tested more than any of the Roy siblings and prevailed by allying herself with the strongest person in the room.
  — Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2023
• Since then, Lukashenko has said Prigozhin made it to his country, which is closely allied with the Kremlin, but the wealthy businessman has not been seen.
  — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 3 July 2023
• After escaping from prison in 2021, Sanon set up shop in the neighborhood and allied with G-Pep.
  — Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 26 Nov. 2023
• The money will go to feed militias (allied with) the Syrian government ... who kill the people.
  — Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 11 Feb. 2023
• The city had fallen to the RSF and allied militias and the civil resistance by the non-Arab population had been vanquished.
  — Tamara Qiblawi, CNN, 16 Aug. 2023
• Covid police haven’t stopped the anti-vaxxers from re-emerging to ally themselves with celebrities.
  — Matt Sullivan, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2021
• Simply put, bless all the parents and other adults who do their best to raise kids, but what goes on in a lot of homes is not well allied with what helps a child’s success in school.
  — Alan J. Borsuk, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2020
• Russia has recently sought to ally itself with Ethiopia — once a steadfast partner of the West.
  — Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 28 July 2022
• Gulf Arab countries allied with the U.S. widely use the Patriot missile system in the region.
  — Jon Gambrell, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 June 2023
• Blaming teachers’ unions and Democrats who ally with those unions is also part of this cautionary tale.
  — Rachel M. Cohen, The New Republic, 25 Jan. 2022
• This would be the moment when a far right could ally with parts of the social and economic elite to take power, with nightmarish results.
  — Kim Phillips-Fein, The New Republic, 2 Dec. 2022
• The Nyx captain apologized for the post, but did not publicly ally the krewe with the Black Lives Matter movement or step down, as some members called for.
  — Doug MacCash, NOLA.com, 8 Sep. 2020
• Unlike Cohen, who chose to ally himself with Trump, Mary Trump was a blood relation.
  — Andrea Bernstein, The New York Review of Books, 5 Oct. 2020
• Then social media, with savvy politicians and activists allying themselves with celebrities behind the scenes as a way to break through the noise.
  — Jessica Grose, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2020
• More than one oligarch who once allied with Putin and then had a disagreement with him ended up falling out of high-rise buildings.
  — Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2024
• Oracle is one of the few Silicon Valley firms willing to ally with Mr. Trump.
  — Caroline Linton, CBS News, 14 Sep. 2020
• CEOs from retail to technology have recently made this case, as have allied politicians from both sides of the aisle.
  — Steven A. Camarota, National Review, 16 May 2023
• Two races — District 1 and District 3 — feature direct, high-cost face-offs between those who ally with charter schools and those who side with the teachers union.
  — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 29 Feb. 2024
• Maybe Bonin might have supported Latinos if Martinez and her cohorts tried harder to ally with him?
  — Gustavo Arellanocolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2022
• Greene can ally herself with McCarthy, or pretend to disavow QAnon beliefs—none of it matters.
  — Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 20 Feb. 2023
• Next, she was tasked with using her close friendship with the wife of Japan’s ambassador to France to confirm that Japan also intended to ally with Germany.
  — Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 July 2022

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ally

2 of 2 noun

• She's counting on her allies in the state legislature.
• Poland is a vital route for arms going to Ukraine from its allies in the U.S. and Europe.
  — Time, 21 Sep. 2023
• The grim odds facing the bill have also put aid to Ukraine and Israel, two key US allies, in jeopardy.
  — Alexandra Banner, CNN, 6 Feb. 2024
• Jordan and Egypt, key Gulf allies, are among the last functioning non-Gulf Arab states.
  — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Dec. 2023
• In the case of Gaza, the equation is complicated by the hostage-taking carried out by Hamas and its allies.
  — Steve Coll, The New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2023
• There is one nation that was neither a subject or ally of Napoleon.
  — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 2 Mar. 2024
• It’s been my greatest ally yet in convincing my wife that a smarter home is worthwhile.
  — WIRED, 7 Nov. 2023
• And despite the turmoil, OPEC and its allies are sticking with their production cuts.
  — Lucia Kassai, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2024
• But even her staunchest allies say her top priority must be to change the way the public views her agency.
  — Sheryl Gay Stolberg, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2023
• In May, America and its allies also agreed to provide F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine.
  — Julie Tsirkin, NBC News, 22 Sep. 2023
• At the same time, the United States must work with its allies to defend the West’s economic dominance over China.
  — Michael A. Brown, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2023
• The United States and its Asian allies have been betting on military deterrence to stay his hand.
  — Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Jan. 2024
• Trump's opponents have claimed that the effort to keep the caucuses going in the state was pushed by the former president's allies.
  — Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2024
• Iraq’s weak government faces a national election before the end of this year which Sadr and his allies may be hoping to gain from.
  — Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2023
• For years, Riyadh struggled to convince its Western allies that the Yemeni militia posed a serious threat.
  — Hussein Ibish, The Atlantic, 24 Jan. 2024
• The next year, Napoleon would boot Madrid’s royal family, his former ally, and declare his own brother, Joseph, king of Spain.
  — Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2023
• Convictions on state charges can’t be erased by a pardon, even from a reelected Trump – or by any other Trump ally who might win the White House.
  — Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2023
• The new crash — the latest in a series of accidents involving the Osprey around the world — has triggered widespread anger and alarm in Japan, a vital U.S. ally.
  — Lucy Craft, CBS News, 4 Dec. 2023
• The mutiny at State is gaining allies elsewhere in the administration.
  — Noah Rothman, National Review, 15 Dec. 2023
• Facing resistance to that plan from his far-right allies, Mr. Netanyahu has publicly dismissed the idea.
  — Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2024
• The ambassador detailed a catalog of complaints of the ways in which Hungary had not lived up to its obligations as an ally.
  — Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2024
• But plenty of other allies — and voters — are less troubled by his comments.
  — Lucía Cholakian Herrera, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2023
• Raman and De León aren’t viewed as friends or political allies.
  — Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2024
• The Cardinal have greater brand value and more powerful allies than their cross-Bay neighbor.
  — Jon Wilner | , oregonlive, 16 Aug. 2023
• Do your due diligence, find out where your allies stand and don’t disclose information that someone may use against you.
  — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2024
• Washington will have to corral its other Arab allies to support Riyadh, as well.
  — Maria Fantappie and Vali Nasr, Foreign Affairs, 20 Nov. 2023
• The refrain became a hashtag, and has been echoed by Israeli officials and politicians across the spectrum, as well as by Israel’s allies.
  — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2023
• The United States and its allies must recognize that Gaza will need to have a central part in any lasting solution to the Palestinian struggle.
  — Jean-Pierre Filiu, Foreign Affairs, 1 Jan. 2024
• Gallant's visit comes at a time of increasing tensions between the two allies about the next steps in the war and reducing civilian suffering in Gaza.
  — Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 25 Mar. 2024
• This battle between two Asian powers has wider implications for the United States and its allies.
  — Happymon Jacob, Foreign Affairs, 25 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 5 May 2024