Sentence examples for anthem anathema from inspiring English sources

The anthem anathema.

What no one seemed to realize -- not the foreign film crew, not the Vietnamese bystanders -- was that the crowd had just cheered a melody that is anathema in today's Communist Vietnam: the national anthem of the defeated enemy, the former South Vietnam.

He ruled by a sword called "Joyeuse"; anathema to those good EU citizens who abjure war and adopt "Ode to Joy" as their anthem.

But if you fail to stand for the national anthem and you say you are doing it to protest police brutality committed against African Americans, you are anathema to many people — notably the 32 NFL owners.

Their anthem?

Well meters were anathema.

That would be anathema.

Anathema!" the Cardinal sings.

Tax rises are anathema.

Boarding schools are anathema.

It's anathema.