My country, 'tis of thee
CulturalExample Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The benediction was given and the congregation sang My country, 'tis of thee.
From Time Magazine Archive
Winsome, if off-key, her 29 charges launch into "My country 'tis of thee," fading away uncertainly as they reach the line "Land of the Pilgrims' pride."
From Time Magazine Archive
"My country, 'tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty, Of thee I sing."
From Across the Continent by the Lincoln Highway by Gladding, Effie Price
My country, 'tis of thee, Dear land of Africa, Of thee we sing.
From Mob Rule in New Orleans Robert Charles and His Fight to Death, the Story of His Life, Burning Human Beings Alive, Other Lynching Statistics by Wells-Barnett, Ida B.
Precisely at noon the Mackerels of the land force raised their umbrellas, the Mackerel crews got aboard their respective squadrons, and exercises were commenced by the singing of— "My country, 'tis of thee."
From The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 3 by Newell, Robert H.
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
