PATRIOTIC


Meaning of PATRIOTIC in English

adjective

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

song

A man had his arm around her, rocking her from side to side as the singers swayed with their patriotic song .

Harriet Cantelow taught us all the old patriotic songs .

On days of national holiday we had a parade, marching up and down and singing patriotic songs .

Nothing expresses that better than joining together to sing traditional and patriotic songs .

Imagine there are homes for all Who truly do belong Imagine that we're proud to sing A patriotic song .

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

At Llewellyn's funeral service, she was remembered as a patriotic American who had served her country well.

Relatives remembered him as a deeply patriotic man.

Voting is part of your patriotic duty.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

He also would like to see a little change in the curriculum to allow music and patriotic activities in the classroom.

He can also wax as patriotic as the most conservative defense-industry executive.

Most of the productions shown here were patriotic spectacles requiring little dancing ability.

Only Diana's deep sense of patriotic duty made her agree to the arrangement, it told its readers.

The last apprehension may have been as much influenced by professional considerations as patriotic ones.

This is true of patriotic and political as well as religious blind faith.

Though a fictional character, Cu Chulainn came to stand for a very real sense of patriotic courage and self-sacrifice.

Under these circumstances, his intervention could not possibly be perceived as an unambiguously patriotic and non-partisan gesture.

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