anthem
Example Sentences
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Still, what moviegoers sometimes crave most is an old-fashioned, crowd-pleasing anthem.
From Los Angeles Times
The galvanizing anthem, written for the film by Stephen Schwartz, was a technical and emotional feat.
From Los Angeles Times
The fans put their hands on their hearts and sing the national anthem.
From BBC
On a late October Friday, he took the FBI private jet to State College, Pa., for a Real American Freestyle Wrestling event where his girlfriend, country music singer Alexis Wilkins, was performing the national anthem.
Fortunately the finale shamelessly echoes, or, to be generous, pays homage to, the conclusion of “Gypsy,” as Jackie, alone in her palace-again-in-progress, sings an anthem of triumphant defiance.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
