tub-thumping
Example Sentences
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The soft-spoken Rev Martin Smyth was overshadowed in the 1980s and 1990s by loud, tub-thumping politicians.
From BBC • Aug. 22, 2025
That’s also the name of the real-life West Belfast outfit whose origin story — juiced for maximum political energy and comedic verve by writer-director Rich Peppiatt — makes for a tub-thumping, fist-pumping good time.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 2, 2024
Certainly, there’s a long tradition of tub-thumping between these schools — and it’s not even the first time that the “academic prowess” of Oregon was brought into question by the Huskies’ side.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 4, 2021
Anand Menon, a professor of European politics at King’s College London, anticipated that there would be plenty of Brexit tub-thumping to come.
From Washington Post • Dec. 24, 2020
I don't mean to say that tub-thumping is typical of England, but England is certainly the harbour of refuge of the crank.
From Over the Fireside with Silent Friends by King, Richard
