How to Use chest-thumping in a Sentence

chest-thumping

noun
  • And then there is the chest-thumping.
    — Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Plenty of glee, no chest-thumping.
    — Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 2 Feb. 2026
  • Not the loud, chest-thumping kind, but the quiet sort that turned the Nets from a punchline into a problem.
    — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 6 Jan. 2026
  • That didn’t stop Uthmeier from chest-thumping across social-media platforms.
    — Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2026
  • But his uppercase blasts, chest-thumping rants and coarse insults are more likely now to draw a Gallic shrug.
    — Serge Schmemann, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Zscaler’s volume—half a trillion transactions a day—isn’t just chest-thumping.
    — Tony Bradley, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
  • The Sabres took the chest-thumping contest, out-hitting the B’s 53-38.
    — Stephen Conroy, Hartford Courant, 20 Apr. 2026
  • As the sun began to lower, the men gathered in a circle, the tempo of their chest-thumping accelerating with the intensity of their chants.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2026
  • Around the world, mourning rituals of Muharram and Ashoura can include rhythmic chest-thumping or beating in unison and public processions.
    — ABC News, 25 June 2026
  • Abbott’s campaign bank balance is a chest-thumping number that dwarfs any other candidate’s fundraising figures for the latter half of 2025.
    — Philip Jankowski, Dallas Morning News, 15 Jan. 2026
  • The defensive spark plug somehow jumped higher than any Nuggets forward did for a rebound in Minneapolis last Thursday night, chest-thumping the glass at the top of his leap.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 4 May 2026
  • His remarks about Iran moved beyond personal attacks or chest-thumping nationalism to take on a tone of collective punishment and civilizational destruction.
    — Stephanie A, The Conversation, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The hair-whipping, chest-thumping church founder uprooted her polarizing sect from Manchester, England, to Manhattan before fleeing farther still into the countryside.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2026

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