How to Use color guard in a Sentence

color guard

noun
  • Boy Scout Troop 311 of La Mesa played the call to the colors and the troop color guard raised the flag in the plaza.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Oct. 2019
  • Then the color guard came up and one of the soldiers kind of gave me this [salutes].
    Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 19 Apr. 2021
  • Denise spends a lot of time working with the color guard.
    Anna Beahm | Abeahm@al.com, al, 18 Aug. 2019
  • The team captains were brought to the color guard and apologized, the parent said.
    Melanie Burney, Philly.com, 18 May 2018
  • The school’s band, color guard and majorettes are not planning to travel this fall.
    al, 20 Aug. 2020
  • And a color guard will present flags for the national anthem.
    Marc Bona, cleveland, 10 Apr. 2020
  • Birzetis and Brazell will perform with the color guard and Wilkinson with the trumpet section.
    Rafael Guerrero, chicagotribune.com, 14 Dec. 2021
  • The horns are blaring, the woodwinds are tooting, the drums are banging, the color guard is waving its flags.
    Richard Chin, Star Tribune, 19 Oct. 2020
  • Zilka will be walking in the front of the parade after the police color guard.
    Linda Gandee/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 14 May 2018
  • Why not bring high school color guard teams to Barclays Center?
    Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE.com, 9 Mar. 2018
  • After a few words from a minister, the color guard lifted the flag from the coffin and folded it.
    Maureen C. Gilmer, Indianapolis Star, 9 Mar. 2018
  • There was a dancer, a talented swimmer and members of the marching band and color guard.
    Nina Agrawal, latimes.com, 16 Feb. 2018
  • No national anthem was played, although a color guard took to the field for one.
    Pat Brennan, The Enquirer, 6 Mar. 2022
  • Players on both teams remained at attention on the field until the color guard reached the foul line.
    USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2017
  • The color guard will also lead this week’s processional on the Mall.
    Janelle Harris Dixon, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Nov. 2022
  • This year the event is set for 11 a.m. Saturday, and will feature an honor guard, color guard, 21-rifle salute and the playing of taps.
    Mike Danahey, Elgin Courier-News, 24 May 2018
  • In marched a color guard of Congolese army soldiers—their berets orange, distinguishing them from the rangers—with the DRC flag.
    David Quammen, National Geographic, 12 Nov. 2019
  • When the color guard marched down a gravel road and fired a salute to begin the festivities, a line of cows in a nearby barn startled and jumped to their feet.
    Julie Bosman, BostonGlobe.com, 22 June 2019
  • For two hours, parade attendees will see pipe and drum bands, color guard units, floats, marching bands and clowns pass by.
    Elissa Welle, Detroit Free Press, 9 Feb. 2022
  • The event will features a color guard, speakers and refreshments.
    Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Nov. 2021
  • The parade will include pipe and drum bands; color guard units; floats; clowns; novelty groups and marching units.
    Brendel Hightower, Detroit Free Press, 9 Mar. 2023
  • The parade opened with the color guard, and as Old Glory passed, men and women of all ages stood, some with hands pressed respectfully over their hearts.
    Thomas M. Boyd, WSJ, 2 July 2017
  • More than 250 cars drove through while two Brecksville-Broadview Heights high school students played Taps and a color guard presented flags.
    Cameron Fields, cleveland, 28 Apr. 2021
  • The official voting process begins at noon in the Secretary of the State’s office (by statute), then moves to the Senate chamber, where the color guard presents the flags.
    Michael Hamad, courant.com, 9 Dec. 2020
  • The city will honor those who died in military service with a color guard display.
    Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel, 25 May 2022
  • South Milwaukee took honors for best color guard in AAA.
    Bob Dohr, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 Oct. 2019
  • As the color guard passed through the streets of downtown Layton, spectators at the Liberty Days parade fell silent.
    Caroleine James, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 July 2021
  • Cue up the marching band, color guard, costumed dancers on floats and giant-rainbow-flag bearers.
    Annamaria Stephens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2022
  • The event will feature a brief ceremony that will include sponsors, veterans and the VFW color guard.
    Jshortavon, cleveland, 10 Sep. 2023
  • Inside the Armory, a color guard presented the American flag to a crowd of several hundred.
    Erin Cox, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2023

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