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

This has toned down a little in the most recent statement; talk is now about "clarity on the interpretation and scope" of the veto power, rather than a tub-thumping defence of the policy itself.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2023

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

Anand Menon, a professor of European politics at King’s College London, anticipated that there would be plenty of Brexit tub-thumping to come.

From Washington Post • Dec. 24, 2020

I don't mean to say that tub-thumping is typical of England, but England is certainly the harbour of refuge of the crank.

From Over the Fireside with Silent Friends by King, Richard