Example Sentences

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Berkshire Hathaway may have been waving a big yellow caution flag in front of investors this weekend, after the giant conglomerate revealed it’s sitting on its biggest-ever cash pile of $397 billion.

From MarketWatch • May 4, 2026

Others have been waving warning flags for much of the past two months.

From Barron's • Oct. 10, 2025

He said officials have been waving volunteers through the cordoned-off road at the bottom of the mountain.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2025

This is the thing that Mark and I have been waving our hands about, complaining about, worrying about for, I don’t know, Mark, I want to say … forever?

From Slate • Dec. 31, 2024

He was trying to remain inconspicuous, but being so awkward and unhappy about it that he might as well have been waving a flag.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman