How to Use jingoism in a Sentence

jingoism

noun
  • When the war began many people were caught up in a wave of jingoism.
  • That was back when outward white jingoism was more of a fringe movement.
    — Danny Westneat, The Seattle Times, 15 Aug. 2017
  • There was more than simple jingoism at play in that reaction.
    — New York Times, 14 Jan. 2022
  • But it was whipped up into this distasteful spasm of jingoism.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 3 Feb. 2021
  • Populism is gaining strength in both countries, fanning the flames of jingoism.
    — Yan Xuetong, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Tapping into national pride — dare say jingoism — might have done the trick.
    — Miami Herald, 17 Feb. 2026
  • But wrapping it up in religion and jingoism has proved to be a disservice to those who most rely on it.
    — Vidya Krishnan, The Atlantic, 18 Aug. 2020
  • There was a lot of patriotism, a lot of jingoism along with it, and reactionism as well.
    — Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2021
  • The text is free of the ebullient jingoism beloved of Mr Johnson and his cabinet.
    — The Economist, 20 Mar. 2021
  • Kavi Singh is a star of the genre known as Hindutva pop, a mixture of jingoism and danceable beats.
    — Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2025
  • In hindsight, 2003 was an omen of the toxic mix of jingoism and patriarchy that was to come.
    — Lyz Lenz, Rolling Stone, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The level of jingoism and rallying behind Modi has been very strong.
    — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2025
  • That lends more than a touch of jingoism to this otherwise amusing, mechanistic parlor trick, which builds to a surge of emotion that might make your heart sink or soar.
    — Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2023
  • This was an era of over-the-top displays of patriotism and even jingoism; the phrase Let’s make America great again was in.
    — Jonathan Lemire, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Shakespeare was a showman, and his Henry plays played to English jingoism and mythmaking.
    — Jeanette Winterson, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2017
  • It has been warped into bitter jingoism, the rough parts redacted, a textbook example of the way in which memory can be perverted in the name of politics.
    — Sophie Pinkham, Harper's Magazine, 25 May 2021
  • Worth it just for the scene in which the vampires descend on a bar and defenestrate every vestige of yeehaw, good ol’ boy American jingoism.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 8 Sep. 2022
  • Worth it just for the scene in which the vampires descend on a bar and defenestrate every vestige of yeehaw, good ol’ boy American jingoism.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 15 Oct. 2024
  • Is your sense that, within Russia, even among people who may not like Putin, there is a certain amount of jingoism about the Ukrainian question?
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2022
  • Its first song is still relevant to anyone pondering the Strangelovian strains of American jingoism.
    — Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic, 16 Aug. 2017
  • Shaman, a singer whose pro-Kremlin jingoism has catapulted him to popularity amid wartime fervor, was scheduled to take the stage a day later.
    — Michael Schwirtz, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
  • In a little under 8½ minutes, the film mocks the military mindset and empty jingoism while creating a picture of an overwhelmed young boy that could melt the hardest heart.
    — Neil Genzlinger, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Apr. 2020
  • Sometimes that meant a focus on joy and making sure everyone had a good time, but sometimes that resulted in jingoism and Islamophobia.
    — Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2021
  • In a rebuke of the post-tragedy jingoism sweeping the country, its frontman wrote a blistering open letter decrying the drums of war already beating within our government.
    — Jeremy Gordon, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2021
  • Toshiba’s laptop sales have dropped sharply in China amid a slew of bad publicity in the state media, some of it laced with jingoism and anti-Japanese rhetoric.
    — Reuters, WIRED, 19 Dec. 2000
  • The current government has made a point of repressing its Muslim and Tibetan populations and cranks up its jingoism every year.
    — Thomas Meaney, The New Yorker, 10 May 2021
  • Some of that is tedious jingoism and stereotype, but the reality remains that the major leagues in North America are all closed shops, protected by rules and laws.
    — Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 20 Apr. 2021
  • For all that has changed in the decades since, Americans of all ethnicities are still often seen as the agents of empire, and their reputation for arrogance and jingoism persists.
    — New York Times, 20 Aug. 2021
  • The Sun and a majority of the other tabloids appealed to patriotism and jingoism and fears about immigration, and knew exactly what buttons to press.
    — Dan Bilefsky, New York Times, 24 June 2016
  • Regardless, Orbán’s adoption of Turanist language and symbols has helped buttress the xenophobic jingoism that has become the hallmark of his reign.
    — Jacob Mikanowski, Harper's magazine, 21 July 2019

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