nationalist

Example Sentences

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Reading Mr. Perl-Rosenthal makes one long for a time when nationalist platitudes and uncritical patriotism were suspect—and when the Fourth of July was both a celebration and a challenge.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

The Conservatives also wore a white rose - though it was not linked to the nationalist poet.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

The bête noire of that nationalist wing is Russia’s former defense minister and current National Security Council chief Sergei Shoigu, a onetime Putin confidant blamed for mishandling the initial stages of the war.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

He described himself on X as a nationalist running as a Republican.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Right under Mobutu’s nose, he discovered the writings of the great African nationalist Kwame Nkrumah, and the poetry of a young doctor in Angola, Agostinho Neto, with whom he started up a correspondence.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver