Example sentences for: nationalistic

How can you use “nationalistic” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • It would "inflame the nationalistic, anti-Western and militaristic tendencies in Russian opinion"; harm "the development of Russian democracy"; "restore the atmosphere of the cold war"; and "impel Russian foreign policy in directions decidedly not to our liking."

  • Bowman describes how composers have used placenames to express feelings evoked by visits (e.g., Dvorak's From the New World), or to express a nationalistic or patriotic regard for a homeland (e.g., Hindemith's Pittsburgh Symphony).

  • The expression was used to reflect a nationalistic ideology during the 1920s and 1930s in the United States that in effect reduced regional differences among the various Mexican communities throughout the United States The Mexico Lindo sentiment expressed a patriotism and a love of homeland and anything Mexican.

  • Fernando Pessoa, almost exactly contemporary with Yeats, was doing the same thing for Portuguese literature, producing patriotic and nationalistic verse.

  • In his opening remarks for Eyes of the Nation: A Visual History of the United States , Librarian of Congress James H. Billington strikes a fondly nationalistic note: "What makes the American narrative unique is the ability we have displayed time and again to remedy our mistakes, to adjust to changing circumstances, to debate and then move on in directions that seem better for all."


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