tub-thumping
Example Sentences
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That’s also the name of the real-life West Belfast outfit whose origin story — juiced for maximum political energy and comedic verve by writer-director Rich Peppiatt — makes for a tub-thumping, fist-pumping good time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2024
The UK's so-called "Golden Era" with China - a tub-thumping endorsement of the trade and engagement mantra - was launched during Mr Xi's first term and continued into his second.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2022
“People have gotten out of the habit of seeing movies on a big screen. Award season is the best single tub-thumping phenomenon for anything in the world. How many years can you go without that?”
From New York Times ● Jan. 9, 2022
Certainly, there’s a long tradition of tub-thumping between these schools — and it’s not even the first time that the “academic prowess” of Oregon was brought into question by the Huskies’ side.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 4, 2021
I had hoped that this empty tub-thumping to which we had been listening would have affected her.
From The Secret City by Sir Hugh Walpole
