How to Use triumphalism in a Sentence

triumphalism

noun
  • But the film’s triumphalism about Hunt the man left me, to my surprise, a little cold.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 23 May 2025
  • At the same time, victory can lead to prideful triumphalism that in its own way can distort what lies ahead.
    — Ronald Suny, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2023
  • To defeat blatant evil we must be impelled by a certain triumphalism.
    — New York Times, 7 Jan. 2022
  • But the triumphalism also was expressed by some more serious sources.
    — Michael Hiltzik, latimes.com, 26 Jan. 2018
  • His signature note of grievance may still be present, but it is accompanied by a blast of triumphalism.
    — Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 8 May 2022
  • Brave Books is a brand fueled by a classic right-wing cocktail of aggrievement and triumphalism.
    — Ron Charles, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Putin’s Russia is part of the larger story of the end of liberal triumphalism.
    — Marci Shore, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2022
  • Trump’s default setting is triumphalism.
    — Susan B. Glasser, New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2026
  • And, as Mr Bandurski puts it, the genie of hype and triumphalism may not in the end be so easy to coax back into the lamp.
    — The Economist, 12 July 2018
  • Yet such triumphalism cannot mask the deep fault lines underneath, which—unless recognized and addressed—will only widen in the years to come.
    — Ramachandra Guha, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Composer Hans Zimmer’s drone-laden score never strikes a tone of triumphalism; so much of this movie’s tricky poise is his.
    — Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2024
  • As far as the theories of Nordic superman, that sort of racial triumphalism went out of favor with the Nazis.
    — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 24 June 2013
  • Moscow has made the most of its capture, epitomized by triumphalism in Russian media.
    — Mstyslav Chernov and Jamey Keaten, BostonGlobe.com, 4 June 2023
  • What did Terzic say at half time, and which bit of premature triumphalism most motivated Mainz to play out of their skins?
    — Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
  • The late 1960s saw the beginning of left-liberal moral triumphalism.
    — Daniel Henninger, WSJ, 30 May 2018
  • What should change is a sense of scientific triumphalism—the belief that no question is beyond the reach of scientific discourse.
    — Marcelo Gleiser, Scientific American, 1 June 2018
  • But there was less surprise and less triumphalism — and more reflection on the challenges ahead than at that scrappy moment in 1999.
    — Will Englund, Washington Post, 16 Oct. 2019
  • This is not triumphalism but quite the opposite—a refusal to stay sunk in fear and trouble, mourning and misery, servitude and dependency.
    — Ruth R. Wisse, WSJ, 29 Mar. 2018
  • The new president didn’t touch on any of this, not a note of triumphalism, and only a few cautious and circumspect references to the turmoil and chaos of the past four years.
    — Washington Post, 20 Jan. 2021
  • However, the tone of Medvedev's comments refrained from any such triumphalism, hinting that there could still be difficulties ahead.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 7 Nov. 2024
  • The shows fit into a broader narrative of triumphalism, which has been bolstered by China’s efforts to restart its economy.
    — Vivian Wang, New York Times, 6 Nov. 2020
  • Another way would be to reinvent the House of Lords as a bulwark against meritocratic triumphalism.
    — The Economist, 10 May 2018
  • The premature triumphalism cost India dearly when, in April, a tsunami of new infections swept the country.
    — Manavi Kapur, Quartz, 29 Dec. 2021
  • This talking point emerged at the peak of Celtics triumphalism, when, for about three weeks in the middle of November, Boston looked like the best team in the league.
    — Andrew Sharp, SI.com, 14 Mar. 2018
  • Instead of the end-of-history triumphalism emanating from more mainstream quarters, thinkers on the far right warned about the persistence of big states and public spending.
    — Jennifer Szalai, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Cumulatively, those decisions might mean an end to the triumphalism that has animated us for centuries—trading the promise of progress for the project of bare survival.
    — Osita Nwanevu, The New Republic, 25 Sep. 2019
  • The pre-election triumphalism of the MAGA media would seem to call for some rethinking, not that anyone should expect it.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 9 Nov. 2022
  • The national myth of Alfred the Great and Anglo-Saxon triumphalism will not go away quietly.
    — Joshua Levine, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Mar. 2022
  • The result was a startling spectacle of religious and political triumphalism.
    — Michael Luo, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
  • For the Allies, there was a victory to celebrate, in November 1918, and triumphalism was the mood of the era.
    — David Segal, New York Times, 14 May 2020

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