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.
A plaque on the monument read: “Eternal memory to those who fell for the fatherland in the Great Patriotic War.”
From Seattle Times
O, mother dear / To you we stretch our hearts and arms / With blood to spill for you, O fatherland!
From The Guardian
“Death to enemies of the fatherland,” screamed another.
From New York Times
Zephirin Diabre said it was the country’s responsibility to bring back “children who were recruited, indoctrinated, influenced, which led to mistakes to take arms against their fatherland.”
From Seattle Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
