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How To Use Half-mast In A Sentence

  • As the flag fluttered at half-mast, worshippers sang the national anthem and signed a book of condolence.
  • In his half-mast trousers, short-cut jacket and spiky wig, he looks like a delinquent Jack Horner.
  • The university closed for three days as of Friday and flags are flying at half-mast in mourning of the rector's death.
  • In Germany flags were lowered to half-mast at federal buildings.
  • This morning, I shopped for a keyboard stand for my new iPal, learned how to use Pages, and e-mailed an animated love story involving octopi to my dad, all while my eyelids were still at half-mast. Suzan Colón: RIP: The... Pause
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  • Across the country, flags over public buildings and royal residences were flying at half-mast.
  • It was a man whose pants were baggy with a zipper at half-mast.
  • Hance, 51, had no previous criminal record before the outburst late Sunday morning and his death in a shootout with police in Copley, where a flag flew at half-mast Monday outside the home where the carnage began. Ohio gunman was in property dispute, neighbors say
  • The palace flags were all flying at half-mast.
  • The NFL flew flags at half-mast and held a moment of silence in memory of White.
  • A half-mast Union Flag fluttered gently in the spring wind behind them.
  • The national red-and-white flag was then lowered to half-mast.
  • It was preceded by a moment of silence in memory of the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, "9/11/01" was painted in white next to the blue court to commemorate the 10th anniversary, and the U.S. flag atop Arthur Ashe Stadium was at half-mast. Serena Williams Upset By Samantha Stosur 6-2, 6-3 In US Open Final
  • In a letter, Blatter also said that the Wales flag at Fifa headquarters in Zurich was flying at half-mast. Wales match in February to be a celebration of the life of Gary Speed
  • American and other, were at half-mast, as was the admiral's square blue flag at the mizzen, which is never lowered while he remains on duty on board. From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life
  • Day wear consists of angular shaped separates that include wide-neck jumpers and half-mast trousers.
  • He ordered flags to fly at half-mast and that Hoover's body lie in state in the Capitol. The secret life of J Edgar Hoover
  • The palace flags were all flying at half-mast.
  • The U.S. flag is otherwise flown at half-staff (or half-mast, on ships) when directed by the President of the United States or a state governor. House holds moment of silence for Michael Jackson
  • Hong Kong has lowered the national and regional flags to half-mast, to mourn the eight victims of Monday's hostage crisis in Manila.
  • This morning, I shopped for a keyboard stand for my new iPal, learned how to use Pages, and e-mailed an animated love story involving octopi to my dad, all while my eyelids were still at half-mast. Suzan Colón: RIP: The... Pause
  • Federal officials and foreign consuls indicated their respect for the former president partly by lowering their flags to half-mast.
  • Flags were at half-mast everywhere on the day of the king's funeral.
  • Jason pops out of the water and after raising his arms half-mast and breathing hard, he literally feels his way past the dock. Scab Boy is THE Source for Friday The 13th Fan Films! | Fan Cinema Today
  • Flags were at half-mast everywhere on the day of the king's funeral.
  • Flags were flown at half-mast, with a wreath of flowers laid at the base of the flag poles.
  • Across the country, flags over public buildings and royal residences were flying at half-mast.
  • Flags flew at half-mast and non-essential staff were told not to report for work.
  • Flags flew at half-mast, pundits pontificated, and Americans watched replay after replay of airplanes flying into the World Trade Center. Ocean Robbins: Was 9/11 Really a Call to War?
  • The first is relatively manageable: Lower the flag on American universalism - not to half-mast, but not as toplofty as it has been flying since the end of the Second World War.
  • Everyone watched in silence as the Stars and Stripes and the Union flag were lowered to half-mast.
  • For instance, a flag at half-mast is a symbol of grief, whereas tears are a sign of grief.
  • And this is so much truer of trousers, otherwise you end up walking your home streets in a pair of embroidered sateen loon pants, or Peruvian half-mast, canvas sailors trousers.
  • All of the flags at the Vatican, and at the offices of papal nuncios throughout the world, will be a half-mast throughout the interregnum.
  • In the east of the city, flags flew at half-mast to mark his passing.
  • Flags are flying at half-mast across Germany in mourning for the 15 people killed by the 9mm Beretta pistol police believe he took from his parents' bedroom.
  • They sat under the flags of all allied nations that fought in the struggle and the half-masted Australian flag and ensigns of the Services, but all eyes were focused on the 1500 veterans of the hell that was the war in the Pacific.

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