patriotic

Example Sentences

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He bought newspaper ads and solicited favorable editorials, appealing to Americans’ patriotic sympathies.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

The patriotic education lessons are known is Russian as "Conversations about Important Things".

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

In the capital Hanoi, patriotic red-and-yellow banners flutter from lampposts and traffic lights, extolling the "national festival" where people "eagerly cast ballots".

From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026

It calls on all Chinese citizens to promote a patriotic spirit and protect the dignity of state symbols such as the national flag.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

He certainly did add ‘spirit’ to the meetings, and ‘a tone’ to the paper, for his orations convulsed his hearers and his contributions were excellent, being patriotic, classical, comical, or dramatic, but never sentimental.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott