fatherland

Example Sentences

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There was nothing else but themselves they could dedicate themselves to—no patria, no fatherland, no nation as yet.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

"Even the cats will come out here to shoot, to defend our fatherland," he says.

From BBC • Sep. 27, 2025

"We are strongly motivated to defend our fatherland, and this is the best remedy for fear," he said.

From Reuters • Aug. 17, 2023

A new ideology extols the Orthodox Church, the fatherland, the family and the “the spiritual over the material.”

From New York Times • Aug. 6, 2023

He hid his terror in his heart, however, and addressed the stranger: “What country is your fatherland? No hateful and defiling lies, I beg you. Tell me the truth.”

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton