Example Sentences

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And there he was, saluting during the national anthem before the game, and the crowd wasn’t upset at all.

From Slate • Feb. 10, 2025

About the time Woods was saluting thousands of fans crammed into so many spaces around St. Andrews, Smith was making birdie after birdie to take the lead.

From Washington Times • Jul. 15, 2022

“I was saluting the fans, I get an ovation, and before you know it, the ovation gets bigger,” Guerrero said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 28, 2018

Wes was saluting a friend from childhood, who was on the verge of becoming an N.B.A. star.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 12, 2018

The sergeant, rigid and formal upon the instant, was saluting.

From Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories by Gibbon, Perceval