one's country
Example Sentences
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It's title comes from a Latin phrase, meaning "It is sweet and fitting to die for one's country".
From BBC • Nov. 12, 2023
Across much of the world, soldierliness is considered a virtue and fighting for one’s country a natural way to serve it.
From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2023
This is yet another example of a very common reaction to the pandemic—the desire to turn inward and protect oneself, one’s country, one’s community.
From Slate • Nov. 28, 2021
They preached an extreme form of nationalism, or loyalty to one’s country.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012
If it was so easy to lead one’s country in various directions, as if she was a pig on a string, why had he failed to lead her into chivalry, into justice and into peace?
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
