How to Use cheer on in a Sentence

cheer on

verb
  • Ready to cheer on your favorite team?
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 3 June 2026
  • His brothers were with him to cheer on their team.
    — Nicole Pajer, PEOPLE, 18 June 2026
  • They were all met with loud cheers on this Juneteenth evening.
    — Marlow Stern, Variety, 20 June 2026
  • Markets cheered on the headlines.
    — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Fans in the comments cheered on her new adventure.
    — Christopher Edwards, PEOPLE, 25 June 2026
  • Here are some other spots to cheer on your favorite teams with other fans around the city.
    — Irene Wright, USA Today, 9 June 2026
  • A lot of family came to cheer on Bonez on senior night.
    — Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 24 May 2026
  • Angels fans cheer on their team during the first couple home games of the season.
    — Jeff Antenore, Oc Register, 9 Apr. 2026
  • To cheer on the team, Paraguay fans will don its red-and-white jerseys and tubular top hats.
    — ABC News, 9 June 2026
  • Spanish singer Rosalía is cheering on her team from the stands.
    — Ashley Mowreader, NBC news, 3 July 2026
  • Since then, she's filled her social media with date nights and outings to cheer on her fiancé.
    — Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 4 June 2026
  • Far too many Americans have cheered on the men tearing at the temple.
    — Peter Wehner, The Atlantic, 4 July 2026
  • And many young soccer fans will get the chance to cheer on those teams while standing on the grandest stage itself.
    — Chelsea Torres, FOXNews.com, 14 June 2026
  • Colleges want to continue to play those athletes and have cheered on the lawsuits.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 20 May 2026
  • In Qatar, Sebastian was the one in stands, cheering on his dad.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026
  • The crowd poured down the bleachers and stood at the front railing, cheering on the team that had given it their all.
    — Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Ricardo Yernazian cheered on the team from the patio.
    — Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026
  • Mayor Mamdani is also expected to be in the house to cheer on the team.
    — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 5 June 2026
  • And there was a loud and instant cheer on the par-three seventh, the kind normally reserved for a shot close to the pin.
    — Doug Ferguson, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2026
  • The rousing and sudden cheer on the par-3 seventh sounded as though Clark had just hit it close.
    — ABC News, 23 June 2026
  • Instead, many fans will band together at local sports bars and restaurants to cheer on their favorite teams.
    — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 11 June 2026
  • Biles cheered on her man during a game back in December 2020.
    — Diane J. Cho, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Dragic has been cheered on every Kaseya Center return since.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 20 June 2026
  • Current fans enjoy cheering on a winning team and sampling food and drink from local vendors.
    — Pj Green july 1, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2026
  • The crowd was largely pro-Bass, cheering on the mayor and at times booing Raman.
    — Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
  • Jenner joined her lifelong Knicks fan beau Chalamet in cheering on the home team.
    — Nasha Smith, PEOPLE, 14 May 2026
  • Another was even inspired to cheer on Norway because of the photos.
    — Natasha Dye, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026
  • Earlier that same day, many of the students were feted at an awards ceremony as proud parents cheered on.
    — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2026
  • He was cheered on by his biggest supporter, his mother Kendra Briggs.
    — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 6 June 2026
  • Ahead of tipoff, read on for a full guide to the wives and girlfriends cheering on the New York Knicks' top players.
    — Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 4 June 2026

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