18 sentences with 'pride'

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• « He takes pride in his indigenous ancestry. »

• « The badge symbolizes the pride we feel for our culture. »

• « The king's pride led him to lose the support of the people. »

• « The indigenous ancestry of the community is a source of pride. »

• « The soldier's family waited for him with pride upon his return. »

• « Since I was a child, I have sung the national anthem with pride. »

• « During the parade, the recruit marched with pride and discipline. »

• « The flag is a symbol of freedom and pride for many people around the world. »

• « The lion king is the leader of the entire pride, and all the members owe him respect. »

• « Despite their tremendous pride in Roman culture, the Romans still found much to admire in Greek intellectual achievements. »

• « The Romans came to pride themselves on a more direct and less subtle form of oratory than was (supposedly) practised in Greece. »

• « The Stoics accepted the need to be part of a society and to fulfil social obligations, but warned against the excesses of pride and greed. »

• « Among the most powerful were the tragedies: stories in which the frailty of humanity, especially the problem of pride, served to undermine the happiness of otherwise powerful individuals. »

• « Disgusted by so much pride, God imposed on them as a punishment the confusion of tongues so that they could not understand each other, and then scattered them to the four corners of the world. »

• « Athenian citizens continued to pride themselves on their rhetorical skill, since everything depended on the ability of public speakers to convince their fellow citizens through the force of argumentative skill. »

• « Roman citizens were, by law, supposed to have a stake in the Republic. They took pride in who they were, and it was the common patriotic desire to fight and expand the Republic among the citizen-soldiers that created, at least in part, such an effective army. »

• « Although the pride of the Brazilians remains intact because the Coliseum did not hold the 200,000 people that can be accommodated in the Maracana, it is estimated that more than 45,000 people were able to watch the fights in the Roman stadium. An impressive Maracana for its time. »

• « A themata (themata) was a territory, originally one-quarter of the empire, organised around military conscription. A single general appointed directly by the emperor controlled each thémas. In turn, only soldiers from that thémas served in it; this provoked local pride in the military prowess of the subject, which helped morale. »

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