rooting

Example Sentences

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"If I get disappointed, I get disappointed really hard - so I actually do this thing where I'll look at who I'm up against and decide, 'OK, I'm rooting for them instead'."

From BBC

Receiving recognition and giving back to those rooting for you is among the most memorable parts of the high school sports experience.

From Los Angeles Times

It isn’t a white girl she’s screaming at in the show’s immortal “We were all rooting for you!” meme, but 2005 contestant Tiffany Richardson.

From Salon

And he is rooting for the film to smash it at the Bafta Film Awards on Sunday.

From BBC

"He said he wouldn't leave without us, and that our families in the United States were rooting for us. He wanted to make sure we knew he was going home with us."

From BBC