Example sentences for: patriotism

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

  • 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.

  • For a variety of reasons, language has come to stand in for other issues: It can mask xenophobia, signal patriotism, or reveal membership in an elite or a stigmatized group.

  • Military service offers many advantages--self-improvement, adventure, travel, patriotism, the esteem of one's countrymen--as the services tout.

  • The LAT for instance, tells its readers that, "awash in fireworks and fired-up patriotism, China celebrates the end of 156 years of 'national disgrace,' regaining a tiny patch of land ceded after a humiliating war and eyed enviously for a century," while the NYT can't keep to itself about the police band members at the ceremonies in their "snow white tunics" and the attendance there "of representatives of each of the territory's services, from the Correctional Services Department to the Auxiliary Medical Service."

  • This appeal to patriotism and democracy, set above six Corinthian columns, outlasted the burning in 1933 and the bombs of World War II, and was given renewed significance when Berlin resumed its former role as the seat of government of a unified Germany.


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