From Lee Greenwoods God Bless the USA song:
And I'm proud to be an American
where at least I know I'm free,
And I won't forget the men who died
who gave that right to me,
And I gladly stand up next to you
and defend her still today,
'Cause there ain't no doubt I love this land
God Bless the U.S.A.
Example of proud: I am proud to be an American. My son makes me very proud.
I'm a proud, faithful, civilian.
By putting it in a sentence like: He had a lovely signet ring that he was very proud of.
We're proud of our multinational heritage.
I was immensely proud of his work.
my dad and mom were so remarkably proud of me
The citizens of Dallas are proud of their cosmopolitan populace.
Brian was very proud to be wearing his grandfather'shelmet from Vietnam.
The word 'proud' is an adjective.In the example sentence, the adjective proud functions as a subject complement (also called a predicate adjective), an adjective that follows a linking verb which modifies (describes) the subject of the sentence."I am proud..." (I=proud)
The elitist attitude of the country club members made outsiders feel unwelcome.
your two dads is very proud of you for asking that and so am i
His wife was incredibly house proud and their home was immaculately clean.