Sentence examples for getting proud from inspiring English sources

He believed that his city was getting proud and lazy, like an overfed thoroughbred horse, and that it needed him, the stinging gadfly, to wake it up.

We ought to look in the mirror and get proud and suck in our bellies and stick out our chests and say, 'Damn, we're Americans,' and smile".

Asked his reaction to Alex Rodriguez being booed upon his return to Seattle, Ichiro said: "It's very tough for a ballplayer to get proud and keep his dignity.

I, on the other hand, get proud of myself for taking out the garbage or changing a diaper once in a while.

Don't get proud of yourself and abandon your friends, especially if it works.

Commentators have warned against Australia getting too proud of itself on gun control.

But you're always reluctant to get too proud of your accomplishments in this business.

I get a proud feeling when I think of the road he has traveled".

But you've got a proud rugby country, a terrific domestic competition in the Premiership and you've got reasonable relationships between the Union and the clubs.

"Don't Get Stuck (Proud Elephant)" has chair creaks behind its fingerpicked introduction, and its piano hadn't been tuned lately, but its slide-guitar lead gathers grandeur.

"I have no hesitation about the ability of this staff, but you can't get too proud of yourself because you have to play every day".