Example sentences for: triumphalism

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

  • Does Denzel Washington ever put you in mind of treacly black-guy triumphalism?

  • Kofi Annan is the perfect secretary-general for an age of U.S. triumphalism.

  • After Tuesday's casino triumphalism, Wednesday is a comedown, eight hours of policy panels on teen gambling, compulsive gambling, gambling regulation, gambling marketing, and gambling credit practices.

  • The Hindu of Madras, on the other hand, recommended that both nations call a cease-fire in the spin war: "The danger at the present time is that neither Government--one facing crucial elections and ready to reap the rewards of chest-thumping triumphalism and the other confronting a resurgent fundamentalist militancy--seems in a hurry to help de-escalate."

  • When I read a sentence about Tom Hanks like "Wherever he goes, a treacly, white-guy triumphalism seems to follow," I wonder what impulse causes you to add the words "white guy" to the sentence.


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