Standards

Usage examples of flags.

Planetary Security before the Mayhew Restoration lay crossed atop the flags, gleaming in the spill of light.

The Flag, is known from all other flags as The Flag of Argon, although its origin and the meaning of the word that describes it are lost in the mists of time.

In all there were a hundred clan flags upon that field this day, and the drums of each rolled out, incessantly, defiance of the enemy.

Indeed, so relaxed were her nerves that a slight movement in the grass and cat-tail flags near by startled her painfully, making her jump like a fawn.

From the first we have had the courage to undertake, the practical common sense which overcomes the lack of technical training, and the vital force which never flags under the stress of adversity.

Swivels were mounted in boats, ammunition and provisions stored abundantly, flags hoisted and oars dipped.

Three of the flags were Old Glories, the others were regimental flags carrying state badges or martial insignias.

Instead the two Union flags faltered and fell as the overpowered Yankees began to retreat.

The Colonel was in the farmhouse parlor, sitting beneath the crossed flags of the Faulconer Legion that Faulconer kept unfurled and draped across the parlor wall.

Moxey, his face white with fear, stood backed against the flags on the wall, while not a sound came from the astonished audience outside.

Kemp had managed to furl the captured flags and now handed them to one of the troopers, then drew his saber to slash at the guy ropes of the nearest tents.

Year-old rebel flags, hoarded through the months when the Yankees had been the nearest troops, were hung from balconies and eaves, while small boys brought the troops buckets of tepid well water to drink.

The road the rebels were following snaked up and down through hilly country, so that the staff officer could only glimpse scattered parts of the column, but he had estimated the number of regiments by counting their flags and reported that the rebel force must have numbered at least twenty thousand men.

The attacking battalions were so close together that their flags made a bright phalanx above the dark ranks.

As there were no landmarks, we had to indicate the position of our depots by flags, which were posted at a distance of about four miles to the east and west.