How to Use flagpole in a Sentence

flagpole

noun

• The tree, and in the future the bench, is near the flagpole.
  — Kimberly Fornek, chicagotribune.com, 21 May 2018
• The pavers were to be used for a stone plaza around the track’s flagpole.
  — oregonlive, 21 Oct. 2020
• If that fails, the flagpole will have to come down in 30 days.
  — Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 22 Apr. 2021
• From the base of the bell tower to the top of the flagpole, the building ascends 393 feet in the air.
  — Alison Dirr, Journal Sentinel, 23 May 2024
• The sail rose up the mast like a squirrel climbing a flagpole.
  — Adam Iscoe, The New Yorker, 18 July 2022
• And two flagpoles on the upper sun deck are used to fly the U.S. flag on one and the flags of the 49ers, Sharks or Warriors.
  — Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 4 June 2019
• And this flag is ready to return to its flagpole and right on time for the Fourth of July.
  — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 30 June 2022
• To that end, Boston has flown all manner of flags from the third flagpole over the years.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 19 Nov. 2021
• Among the three flags that were likely on that flagpole, this one was on the bottom.
  — Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2021
• Gonell was beaten with a flagpole and his hand was sliced open.
  — Jeremy Herb, CNN, 27 July 2021
• When The Times visited the house on Wednesday, the flagpole was bare.
  — Julie Tate, New York Times, 22 May 2024
• Ledoux pulled into a turning lane, and Logsdon ran up to the car with the flagpole and hit the girl in her face and in the chest.
  — orlandosentinel.com, 23 Sep. 2020
• Videos show the group pummeling the wood-and-glass doors with a helmet, feet and a flagpole.
  — Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2021
• Last Thursday, the owl perched on a bronze eagle atop a flagpole.
  — CBS News, 11 Jan. 2022
• Nix hit the officer twice, once on the head, and threw the flagpole at him, the government said.
  — Elisha Fieldstadt, NBC News, 11 Nov. 2021
• To the side is a flagpole with the American flag above the Mexican flag.
  — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2023
• Flags are allowed, but flagpoles cannot be more than 2 feet in length.
  — Amin Touri, BostonGlobe.com, 24 July 2023
• Half-staff is defined as one-half the distance between the top and bottom of the flagpole.
  — Rebecca Deczynski, Good Housekeeping, 7 June 2021
• One of the armed Trump supporters in the crowd brandished a spear tip fashioned to a flagpole.
  — Robert Anglen, The Arizona Republic, 28 June 2022
• Since then, the symbol has been added to a station door, and a Fort Apache flag has flown from the flagpole outside.
  — The New Yorker, 30 May 2022
• Firefighters had to cut part of the flagpole to fit the victim in the ambulance.
  — Bradford Betz, Fox News, 3 Aug. 2023
• The ball came to earth beyond the flagpole for Turner’s sixth career grand slam.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 16 June 2023
• The ball descended from the flagpole atop One Times Square — and the rest is history.
  — Danielle Garrand, CBS News, 31 Dec. 2019
• Out front, three flagpoles stand sentinel, one flying the flag of the United States.
  — Desperation Town, ProPublica, 11 May 2020
• Roy Brook of Bessemer stood holding a U.S. flag on a flagpole.
  — al, 4 May 2020
• Later that evening, the fire truck began to shake, and a flagpole near the vehicle snapped in two.
  — Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 21 May 2022
• Skow said windblown snow tends to pile up in the area that buckled near the front of the building, citing a 5-foot drift near the flagpole.
  — Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Feb. 2023
• Aquilino Gonell was battered with a flagpole and had his hand sliced open.
  — The Week Staff, The Week, 17 July 2021
• However, where Ruth was actually pointing — at something deep in the field, like the flagpole, or at the Cubs pitcher — has been contested over the years.
  — Lauren Rapp, CNN, 15 Aug. 2024
• Officers also appeared to remove a Palestinian flag from a flagpole on the campus and replace it with a United States flag, according to a video posted by Daughtry.
  — Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 30 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 22 Dec 2024