flagstaff

Example Sentences

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We say: Give it to me straight, doc, but then a flagstaff comes crashing down between our eyes.

From Washington Post • Jul. 22, 2022

In his design, the sleeve was supported by a collapsible crossbar attached to the flagstaff.

From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2014

Mr. Kinzler was charged with designing a moonworthy flagstaff.

From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2014

He would win by the length of a street, and a blue and white flag would go fluttering up the flagstaff and everybody would stand to attention while the band played the Finnish national anthem.

From The Guardian • May 18, 2012

It must have grown up silently, yet swiftly as a flag rises when you pull it up on a flagstaff, while they were all busied about the coronation.

From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis