flag-waving

Example Sentences

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He said he was “particularly impressed” by the flag-waving children, saying, “They were happy, they were beautiful.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Crowds of flag-waving Hungarians have been cheering on their candidates for an election on Sunday, as Prime Minister Viktor Orban and challenger Peter Magyar hold frantic last-minute rallies.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

Kid Rock and Hulk Hogan and all the indistinguishable flag-waving country singers no doubt had their uses, but no one imagined they had any connection to or understanding of 21st-century youth culture.

From Salon • Sep. 14, 2025

On Sunday, Brazilians celebrated their country's independence from Portugal as they do every year on 7 September: with patriotism, military parades, flag-waving and churrascos – Brazilian barbecues.

From BBC • Sep. 8, 2025

The Duchess and I were two tired mice by the time the Princess rolled out of the palace gates, behind her royal mother, into the sea of flag-waving humans.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck