patriot

Example Sentences

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A nation at peace still needs to be built, and that takes a different kind of patriot.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

"He didn't want to, but he had do it. He was a patriot," Natalia explains, through her tears.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026

"Regardless of what they say, to me, my son was a patriot, and that's what matters to me."

From Barron's • Jan. 19, 2026

Dr. King was an American patriot who was martyred for trying to bend the arc of the moral universe to justice.

From Salon • Dec. 13, 2025

I told the court that I was not a Communist and had always regarded myself as an African patriot.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela