tub-thumping
Britishadjective
noun
Example Sentences
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He was not himself against Argentina in Dublin, but he has been a powerhouse since then, not your normal captain, not your tub-thumping firebrand.
From BBC • Aug. 2, 2025
That’s also the name of the real-life West Belfast outfit whose origin story — juiced for maximum political energy and comedic verve by writer-director Rich Peppiatt — makes for a tub-thumping, fist-pumping good time.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 2, 2024
“People have gotten out of the habit of seeing movies on a big screen. Award season is the best single tub-thumping phenomenon for anything in the world. How many years can you go without that?”
From New York Times • Jan. 9, 2022
Certainly, there’s a long tradition of tub-thumping between these schools — and it’s not even the first time that the “academic prowess” of Oregon was brought into question by the Huskies’ side.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 4, 2021
I had hoped that this empty tub-thumping to which we had been listening would have affected her.
From The Secret City by Walpole, Hugh, Sir
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