How to Use anthem in a Sentence

anthem

noun

• The song became the anthem for Iran protests around the globe.
  — Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 15 Oct. 2024
• Soon after, the national anthem — new lyrics and all — could be heard faintly over the palace walls.
  — Jean-Nicholas Fievet, NBC News, 12 Sep. 2022
• Clark aims this inspiring anthem directly at her fellow teenage girls, encouraging the ones afraid to speak up, be seen and take chances.
  — Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 16 Sep. 2022
• Every Premier League game will have a minute of silence followed by the national anthem.
  — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 15 Sep. 2022
• The upbeat anthem sees the Blackpink singer celebrating a drama-free existence over a hypnotic beat.
  — Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2024
• All Premier League games this weekend paid tribute to the queen with a minute's silence before kickoff followed by a rendition of the national anthem.
  — Mattias KarÉn, ajc, 18 Sep. 2022
• The song features a slew of melodic guitars and a gradual build before taking off and becoming a blissful anthem with lyrics about conquering and enjoying the challenges life throws at a person.
  — Marisa Whitaker, SPIN, 12 Sep. 2022
• Yet its cartoonish gesture toward a vague lesson of societal liberation has withstood the test of time and now Rocky Horror is an anthem for outcasts of any kind.
  — Fran Tirado, Them, 15 Oct. 2024
• The self-love anthem topped the charts at No. 1 and proved to be a hit with her fans.
  — Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 10 Mar. 2023
• Listen to the great anthems of the era as they were meant to be heard in the club.
  — Melinda Sheckells, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Aug. 2024
• In the first episode, Cowgirl sang the Spice Girls' anthem 'Wannabe'.
  — Alicia Vrajlal, refinery29.com, 24 Oct. 2023
• Oh, you guys don’t sing the anthem, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
  — Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 22 Aug. 2023
• The cumbia, like an anthem that renews, starts to play.
  — Chantal Flores, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2023
• Meghan had to Google the lyrics to the British national anthem!
  — Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2022
• The horn player’s anthem signaled the end of the hunt and asked for the blessing of the forest.
  — John B. Snow, Outdoor Life, 6 June 2024
• The swirly, girly pop anthem crept to No. 1 to mark her 10th chart-topper.
  — Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2024
• Then, a few minutes later—the crowd assembled, the fires lit, the anthem sung—the chutes open.
  — Corey Seymour, Vogue, 13 Jan. 2023
• But the narrative became that O’Connor had refused to take the stage if the anthem was played.
  — Hanif Abdurraqib, The New Yorker, 29 July 2023
• Her singing slowed to a whisper during parts of the anthem and seemed out of pitch for most of the performance.
  — Nate Rau, Axios, 16 July 2024
• Harry stood with his eyes forward and his arms by his side as the anthem played.
  — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 11 May 2024
• The Cunninghams were impressed that the Prince and Princess of Wales knew the words, singing the anthem heartily when the band played towards the end of the parade.
  — Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 1 Mar. 2023
• Still, the standout moments from his set came in between the anthems.
  — Sean Burch, SPIN, 14 May 2024
• The country star's swoops on the anthem's final notes sent the Arizona crowd into spasms of cheers.
  — Louisville Courier Journal, The Courier-Journal, 13 Feb. 2023
• Based around the season’s cold open, the song harkens back to the timelessness of East Coast hip-hop and features Bumpy’s anthem.
  — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 11 June 2023
• Like most Colombians, García and Prieto grew up with the warmth of Bermúdez’s anthems in the background.
  — Ernesto Lechner, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2024
• The song, a bossa nova anthem, became the second most played in the world mainly because of her.
  — Shania Russell, EW.com, 6 June 2023
• The two-minute silence across the U.K. marked the end of the service, along with a reveille, the national anthem, and a royal piper playing a lament.
  — Time, 19 Sep. 2022
• That was such an anthem for Derek to just get into this headspace of feeling like a badass, even though it's all built on a house of cards.
  — The Enquirer, 12 Jan. 2024
• Requests from patients have led her to learn how to play Coldplay and the Ukrainian anthem.
  — Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2023
• Perhaps the best thing to come out of the 2022 midterms is a rousing anthem to Republicans to march on, away from Mr. Trump.
  — WSJ, 14 Nov. 2022

Last Updated: 5 Nov 2024