one's country
Example Sentences
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But in his writing and speaking, too, there is this sense of not just courage but obligation to one’s country and, beyond that, to one’s conscience.
From Slate • Feb. 20, 2024
It's title comes from a Latin phrase, meaning "It is sweet and fitting to die for one's country".
From BBC • Nov. 12, 2023
Across much of the world, soldierliness is considered a virtue and fighting for one’s country a natural way to serve it.
From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2023
It was a moment of collective humiliation, to have to leave one’s country under these circumstances.
From Washington Post • Aug. 24, 2021
If it was so easy to lead one’s country in various directions, as if she was a pig on a string, why had he failed to lead her into chivalry, into justice and into peace?
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
