one's country
Example Sentences
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"We have found a number of these little parcels that show the bond with one's country in Africa."
From BBC ● Apr. 8, 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
This is yet another example of a very common reaction to the pandemic—the desire to turn inward and protect oneself, one’s country, one’s community.
From Slate ● Nov. 28, 2021
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
