How to Use patriot in a Sentence

patriot

noun
  • He was a great patriot who devoted his life to serving his country.
  • Above all, Twain was a patriot in the best sense of the word.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 24 Mar. 2025
  • He was lauded and called a patriot by some.
    — Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 21 Feb. 2026
  • These are patriots who were tossed to the curb and told not to let the door hit them on the way out.
    — Sarah Elfreth, Baltimore Sun, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Our time has come—the time of upright patriots who fight for their country.
    — Bojan Pancevski, WSJ, 26 June 2018
  • Lee is a patriot at heart, and that’s always the most moving thing about his work.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 11 June 2020
  • Lee is a patriot at heart, and that’s always the most moving thing about his work.
    — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2020
  • Who but a patriot or a madman would want to be president right now?
    — Amy Wilentz, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Every single one of you is a patriot!
    — Zac Anderson, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
  • There is a lot in the game that Russian patriots might take issue with.
    — Matthew Bodner, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2019
  • First, the shock, sadness, and grief that such a man, such a father, such a patriot has been cut down.
    — Ayaan Hirsi Ali, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
  • And there are plenty of younger Patriots ready to step up and keep the program rolling.
    — Jon J. Kerr, chicagotribune.com, 6 May 2017
  • Is there any hope other than the provision of more patriots?
    — CBS News, 31 May 2026
  • This upset more than a few British patriots, who then stepped out with the British flags.
    — Simon Constable, FOXNews.com, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Simone Biles is a true patriot and one of the greatest gymnasts of our time.
    — Washington Post, 29 July 2021
  • The patriots are those who love America enough to wish to see her as a model for mankind.
    — Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026
  • My father was from the era when Jews were desperate to be patriots.
    — Jay Deitcher, Longreads, 29 Sep. 2019
  • The tens of thousands of patriots here today have come for the fast cars and the world-class motorsports.
    — CBS News, 16 Feb. 2025
  • The patriot-traitor divide should be less a matter of opinion than a matter of law, but the law here is murky.
    — Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2019
  • Charlie was one of the greatest young patriots this country has ever seen.
    — Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • And last week, America lost one of its truest and most loyal patriots.
    — Ted Cruz, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Ahead of us, patriots crouched along the buildings and answered the enemy fire.
    — Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2019
  • They can be regarded as genuine patriots if they are assumed never to turn against the state.
    — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 18 June 2026
  • Sarah Ann wanted to become the Bliss of this season but was just a lone patriot.
    — Charlotte Walsh, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Stan never held a position in government but is no less a patriot.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026
  • The patriots were the good guys — and good guys wouldn’t set fire to their most important metropolis.
    — Robert G. Kaiser, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Your daughter was a true American patriot and she will be greatly missed.
    — Dallas Morning News, 25 Feb. 2026
  • But storming a building is not the act of a patriot, and holding someone hostage is not the act of a progressive.
    — Jon Tevlin, Star Tribune, 1 July 2021
  • Instead, the patriots had allowed Britain to regain a foothold in the province.
    — Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 May 2025
  • The man Cameron thought was a patriot, now seemed like a calculating conman.
    — Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026

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