semaphore
Example Sentences
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Whenever someone got into trouble, Barron would unfurl her semaphore flags and signal for help.
From Seattle Times • May 30, 2024
And do we need so much semaphore to understand our relationships?
From Salon • Jan. 2, 2024
We also found semaphore flags, a vastly outdated way to communicate between units.
From BBC • Feb. 22, 2023
For him, “Underneath the Skin” is a semaphore that signals a presence now too easy to forget.
From New York Times • Dec. 1, 2022
She was wearing a jaunty shirtwaist, white with small red and blue semaphore flags.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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