Example Sentences

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It’s the perfect accompaniment to the sight of Harper and Yasmin, dancing together at a club, relieved to have waved the white flag, at least for tonight.

From Salon • Mar. 1, 2026

Besides, people have waved it, along with the flags of other Latin American countries, at every immigrant rights protest I’ve seen over the last 30 years.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2025

Families and friends have waved off Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales as it set sail for exercises off the US.

From BBC • Sep. 2, 2023

Others at matches have waved Iran’s lion and sun flag, an emblem of its former ruler, the late Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 26, 2022

He searches the audience for someone he knows, but it isn’t his crowd—lots of lit majors with leather satchels and gold- rimmed glasses and fountain pens, lots of people Ruth would have waved to.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri