semaphore

Example Sentences

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She taught semaphore - a visual signaling method allowing information to be conveyed at a distance - to troops ahead of D-Day and helped to test the Mulberry Harbours used in the invasion.

From BBC • Sep. 13, 2024

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

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