How to Use white flag in a Sentence

white flag

noun

• When the moon swept across the night sky, up went my white flag.
  — cleveland, 11 May 2021
• Once again, Woody waves the white flag, not just once but twice.
  — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 3 Mar. 2021
• This white sheet, this white flag, a shroud instead of the sun?
  — Abe Beame, Vulture, 5 Jan. 2024
• Still, Levinson isn’t ready to wave the white flag just yet.
  — Rainer Sabin, Detroit Free Press, 30 Oct. 2020
• At the first sign of adversity, the Dawgs waved the white flag.
  — Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Jan. 2023
• If not for Mobley, USC might’ve waved the white flag right then.
  — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2021
• In the rehearsal space in London, a red and white flag hangs in the window.
  — Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2021
• Across the pond, a few days later, a woman waved a white flag.
  — Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2020
• Paul George scored 32 points, eight after the Clippers seemed to wave the white flag.
  — Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press, 27 Dec. 2022
• In the eyes of many, Boston had waved the white flag of defeat and simply quit.
  — New York Times, 15 Oct. 2021
• Landen Lewis led at the white flag but couldn’t hold off Reif on the final lap.
  — Cole Cusumano, The Arizona Republic, 11 Mar. 2023
• The white flag soon signaled the last lap lay ahead and Bell seamlessly held on for the win.
  — Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 23 Feb. 2021
• Nearby, a white flag fluttered in the breeze under a Haitian flag in a sign of peace.
  — MartÍn Adames AlcÁntara and DÁnica Coto The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2023
• The Spanish phenom didn’t put a foot wrong all day but was just in the wrong place at the wrong time when the white flag waved.
  — Rob Peeters, The Indianapolis Star, 30 May 2021
• That is when Trump raised the white flag and the two sides began a multi-layered truce.
  — Ken Silverstein, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2021
• The men were holding a makeshift white flag when they were shot, the military said.
  — Eric Schmitt, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2023
• Such calls amount to a white flag of surrender from the central bank.
  — Alexander William Salter, National Review, 12 Oct. 2020
• Late in the second quarter, Popovich had all but waved the white flag and emptied his bench.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 6 May 2021
• That was a white flag against the Jets rolling the dice without rookie Zach Wilson.
  — Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 21 Nov. 2021
• And on nearly empty streets, men carry the black-and-white flag of the Taliban.
  — Matt Sedensky, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Aug. 2021
• Jim Prosser refused to raise a white flag to black smoke when the wildfires struck.
  — Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 27 Feb. 2021
• The Suns waved the white flag as their starters were pulled at just under five minutes left in the third quarter.
  — Dana Scott, The Arizona Republic, 8 Dec. 2022
• Chandler Smith was side-by-side with Zane Smith as the two trucks took the white flag for the final lap around the speedway.
  — Jenna Fryer, ajc, 5 Mar. 2022
• With a push from Sam Hornish Jr., Stewart used the outside lane to take the lead at the white flag, then worked hard to hold it.
  — Ellen J. Horrow, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2020
• One man held a white flag on a staff in one hand and the handle of a stretcher in another.
  — Adam Schreck, chicagotribune.com, 13 Apr. 2022
• And despite what much of the outside world believes (or desires), Card hasn’t waved the white flag.
  — Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 13 Aug. 2022
• Two athletes held a pole flying a white flag that featured red, white and blue flames above the Olympic rings.
  — Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2021
• Noah Gragson had close to a 9-second lead, the outside lane wide open and the white flag waiting for him ahead.
  — Mark Long, sun-sentinel.com, 27 Feb. 2021
• Styles showed his love of the country by wearing Italy’s red, green, and white flag colors on his flashy shorts.
  — Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 10 May 2022
• Now Twitter has to decide if Musk is pulling a fast one or waving a white flag.
  — Scott Nover, Quartz, 7 Apr. 2022

Last Updated: 28 May 2024