jackboot

Example Sentences

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A disproportionate number not only did not even passively resist but showed themselves eager to lick the polish off Hitler’s jackboots, if necessary.

From Salon • Nov. 1, 2024

HBO’s corporate soap “Succession” was not a drama about fascism per se, but it was maybe more powerful for focusing on the suits while the jackboots were being polished in the background.

From New York Times • Jun. 19, 2024

In March 1988, he declared: "We refuse to be treated as the doormat for the government to wipe its jackboots on."

From BBC • Dec. 26, 2021

It’s fair to disagree, but you won’t persuade your fellow Americans by ranting about jackboots and Jim Crow.

From Washington Post • Aug. 3, 2021

When she stepped into the corridor and heard distant heavy footsteps in the stairwell, she thought of German jackboots, and her stomach lurched.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan