ostalgia in a sentence

1. Its anglicised equivalent, ostalgia (rhyming with “nostalgia”), is also sometimes used.

2. Some people in Eastern Germany engage in "Ostalgia", which is a certain nostalgia for the time before the wall came down.

3. 'Christmastime is Here,' Vince Guaraldi Trio - Charlie Brown and Christmas go hand in hand, and this song is guaranteed to deliver a strong dose of nostalgia.

4. It is characteristic that in the countries of the former Yugoslavia there is a similar phenomenon of “ Yugonostalgia ” – nostalgia for the times of the united socialist Yugoslavia, and on the lands of the former GDR – “ Ostalgia ”.

5. Although movements like Ostalgia exist attempting to celebrate and preserve parts of the GDR culture, since reunification the former East Germany has been converging towards the western part of the country in most parts of daily life.