Example sentences for: patriotic

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

  • Sometimes McCain defines his patriotic challenge in terms of political reform, as he did here at the Reagan Library, where he called it "a fight against the pervasive cynicism that is debilitating our democracy, that cheapens our public debates, that threatens our public institutions, our culture and, ultimately, our private happiness."

  • "A lively chronicle of courageous, patriotic Americans who hated taxes and did something about it."

  • For this patriotic venture against the Moors of North Africa, the people of Porto surrendered the finest cuts of meat in their stores to the navy and lived on tripe instead, thus earning their honorable nickname of tripeiros (literally “tripe eaters,” as people from Porto are commonly known).

  • The New York Times ' Vincent Canby says Spielberg has "revived a type of patriotic war movie you might think went out of fashion" after the glut of Vietnam War-horror flicks of the '80s.

  • The rest of the RPH's work is running his political action committee or "grass-roots" advocacy group . This group has a magnificent, patriotic name: Campaign for a New American Century!


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