| 单词 | flag |
| 例句 | One flag headquarters was behind the glass door and the other on stage right. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Pearson took over the hotel mezzanine and decorated the room with American flags, red roses, and a sign that read Anti-Ratification Headquarters. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z As for maple leaves, they’re the hardest part to draw on our red flag. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z One side waves a white flag, and the generals come out and talk. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The post office being in one corner of the drug store, Dr. Clark is required to fly a U.S. flag. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z She gladly would have left Boston under the flag of marriage, but not under the reckless terms he proposed. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “So, if another cabin captures one, what do you do— repaint the flag?” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Simultaneously, the thousand other flags also fell, as massed trumpeters and bassoonists in the Court of Honor played “The Star-Spangled Banner” and “America.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z She stuffed the antlers in the pail, making sure the flag would be visible in James’s window once raised. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z She’s wearing a green-and-white silky shalwar kameez—the colors of the Pakistan flag—and a matching white hijab that makes her almost radiant. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z A saber hung at his side and the German flag from East Shoal’s Flags-of-the-World entryway rested against one shoulder. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z “It has a tower with a red roof on each corner. Every morning the girls raise a flag in the garden.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It was green, white, and blue, the colors of the national flag, and it had number n on the back. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z When Tennessee seceded, Driver, a Union sympathizer, carefully stowed away the flag and waited. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z So my plan is: Head south four kilometers, then search around till I see the green flag. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The same is true of Fourth of July equipment, flags and bunting and skyrockets. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The police cars escorting the two game pieces on wheels had flapping Library Olympics flags attached to their bumpers. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z The plane hasn't even taken off before I flag down the flight attendant, ask for something to drink. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “Yes. Yes. A cave...her mother...valley full of winds and rainbows...tattered flags on the shrine...” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The Test was simple: climb the castle to where the flag waved ninety feet in the air and retrieve it. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He salutes the commander and shouts, At noon today the Communists crashed their tanks through the gates of the presidential palace and planted on the roof a flag with one huge star. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z There, buried under issues of O and Royalty Monthly, I find the booklet with its bright American flag waving on the cover. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Yet the majority of hate-crime offenders don’t fit the stereotype of the squinting, bristle-headed loner with a swastika tattoo or a Confederate flag T-shirt. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I was on my way to homeroom when Mr. Kasigi, the assistant principal, flagged me down. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z At the flag, I smiled and saluted the judges, adjusted my starting position, and took off sprinting down the runway. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z They have not covered his face; there is a flag over him. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Here tens of thousands of Germans—perhaps as many as a hundred thousand by some estimates—lined the route, cheering and waving Olympic, Nazi, and occasionally American flags, shouting greetings in German and English. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Flashes of ugly flags with skulls and bones, swords slashing at people’s throats, and long knives cutting out our hearts edge their way into my consciousness. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was day's end now and on top of every building the flags were fluttering and diving down, collapsing. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Small boys and girls had been released from school and were lining the sidewalks in new clothes, waving tiny flags. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I flipped to the page Mrs. Castro had flagged “his best.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Quentin walked downrange to operate the far theodolite, while the rest of us piled inside the blockhouse after running up our flag. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Comets, violins, parades, loneliness, clouds, beards, bigots, lists, flags, earthquakes, despair were all swept up in a scram-bled swirling. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “I feel like I should have known or seen red flags, but when I have a game in the works, I can get...” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I had one of the flags coaches used from the shore to send signals to the boats on the water. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Plus, I kind of like the Puerto Rican flags painted on them. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z High above the crowds, above the barbed wire, above the trench, a single Turkish flag flutters in the breeze. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z He designated his new wife as the person to whom the flag should be presented. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Anna Howard Shaw, for example, said she would never march “under the suffragette flag” of the British protesters. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Vincent adds diagonal threads from the corners to create an X through the middle, so it looks like the Union Jack British flag, or a six-pointed asterisk. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Tozier on the rock with the flag in his hand, Tom plugging the gap, bayonets lifted, that last wild charge. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z In the line I saw a rickshaw with small flags, and next to it stood the boy with the wayward hair. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z There’s a gigantic black-and-orange San Francisco Giants flag on the wall, and pictures of fun stuff like him tandem skydiving with two thumbs up. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z So she explained that every morning we’d start off by pledging allegiance to the flag and she taught me how to say it, my hand over my heart. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z When I’d stood under the flag and I’d looked up at Paul, who promised to take care of me, he had only recently graduated high school. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It’s worth noting that even after the Southern states left to form the Confederacy, stars indicating their states were not removed from the Union flag. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Now, American flags hung from the gate’s cornices in honor of the World’s Fair. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z It was, in other words, the flag of Abraham Lincoln’s dreams. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Officials on the bridge dropped a white flag to signify a win for the white blades of Washington. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Each time, the Nazi flag was raised in front of Haus West at the end of the race, and each time the crowd sang “Deutschland iiber alles” a little more loudly. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “The Main Things haven’t even happened yet! He hasn’t even kissed her! He hasn’t even torn down the Hitler flag yet! They haven’t even been betrayed by Rolf the Postman!” The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z They were flagging in the rays of the bright sun, winter sun shining in a pale cool sky though it was; their heads were down and their tongues lolling out. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z As Joe watched the flag rise with his hand over his heart, he was surprised to find that tears had crept into the corners of his eyes. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I flipped the textbook to a page she’d flagged, the chemical diagram for hydrochloric acid. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z "No," I say, "I will not be entering the ring draped in a rainbow-striped flag." Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “You know, Luce—you know, at a certain point, when a guy is holding up enough red flags, he’s just speaking to you in semaphore.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z An American flag the size of a mainsail unfurled from the tallest flagpole in the Court of Honor, and immediately two more like-sized flags tumbled from flanking poles, one representing Spain, the other Columbus. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z They ask a total of one question: about three Free French flags rolled up in a second-floor closet. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z We borrowed one of your flags for school, but I’ll put it back in a few weeks. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z We went to every police station and government building, any place that had the Nazi flag draped outside. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z And another had a towel and a flag emblazoned with the mojo rallying cry. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z They camped and hiked on their own, free from the Hitler Youth parade drills and flag salutes. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Once again the carts carried the sick to Bush Hill, and the white flag of victory had to be hauled down. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z The painting over their fireplace, by Daniel Aronstein, was a modem depiction of an American flag: strips of frayed muslin layered with oil paints in greens and mauve. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z It got to him after a while, the fact that Stephanie waved no flags, had nothing to prove. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z With armies, big ones, and cannons and flags and drums and dress parades! The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z “I had loved that flag when I first came here,” he said. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Not only had it taken place in international waters, but it turned out that the I’m Alone had been manned by Canadians sailing under a Canadian flag. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The flag of the country is behind him. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The sound hung over the castle like a flag of mourning. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It’s got an American flag on the front, with white flowers where the stars should be. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z That may not seem like a red flag, but right now it’s a huge one. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Rooster Jim came roaring up on his motorcycle, flags flying everywhere. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “Sure. If the chance comes, just get a messenger and a flag of truce and go on over. Nothing to it.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I recognized him under a canopy of Dominican flags, the Benefactor I’d heard about all my life. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Saw the men behind the rocks, Tozier with the flag, the smoke, white faces, a scream for bayonets. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Every morning I renewed his flag, and he wore it all the way west while bullets whined and whistled around us. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z In the living room, there was a map on the wall with pins in it, and Anne’s dad, Percy, would move the little flag pins to show what was happening at the front. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I could see their silver flag up ahead, only one guard, who wasn’t even looking in my direction. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z A sign in the far corner showed a large rainbow flag flying on a black background. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z Just the way Grandpa planned it, all the stores closed that day, and folks white and colored lined North Main and South Main, waving their Confederate flags. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I saw an ocean of people, many of them waving little American flags. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z In the days leading up to the execution, it seemed that Herbert was more concerned about his flag than his impending execution. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Virtually every home along the tracks now displayed the red, white, and black swastika flag. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I liked reading about explorers planting flags all over the New World and I marveled how they never looked mussed up in their pictures, although I thought exploring must be dirty work. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “No! I got around the flags. You saw!” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The pain is too great, so he flags down a car. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “Now that the parade’s over, I can retrieve her flag.’ Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The flag hangs from a tree branch, high above my head. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Once your animal has trespassed upon your territory, be unflagging in your outrage. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z They could burn my flag or pelt me with stones, but if there were taxidermied kittens to be had, then I would go and bring them back to this, the greatest country on earth. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z He passed by the front desk on his way out, and Mrs. Hernandez flagged him down. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Not since the soldiers had come to Boston had Johnny removed his hat when the British flag went by except once when it had been knocked off his head by a soldier. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z A policeman flagged us down as we approached. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The silver-and-white capitol building was flying the Alabama state flag and the stars and bars of the Confederate banner. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Heading down the hallway, I grin as I see a small Colombian flag taped on the outside of a half-open door, an overturned skateboard keeping it propped slightly open. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z One man even put up a pole and flew the Philippine flag above his plot. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Kids in the school parking lot, American flag fluttering atop a metal pole, cornfields in the distance, blue skies. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z The flag of a pirate ship on the far horizon, a mermaid’s tail flipping out of sight behind a wave. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z As subjects got more flags, they progressed to a new game level. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Celebrating their success, the summit team left an offering of prayer flags, katas, and climbing pitons on what appeared to be the highest point, and then descended into the fast-rising blizzard. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z That way, too, on the plain, the enemy’s ground forces waited: machines glinting brightly, flags astir with color, regiments drawn up, waiting. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “I have retained my citizenship. I still put up the American flag in the bar and celebrate every single Fourth of July.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Subjects had to collect flags while avoiding and destroying enemy tanks. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z When the flag finally goes up, Diamond Joe, Otis, and I trudge out of the great tent and toward the cookhouse. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z For everyone else has, is, a nation, with a specific location and a flag—even, these days, the Jew. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z It was shorthand for the cruel phrase for ugly girls with great bods: “Put a flag over her face and you know what for Old Glory.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z That night after dinner, Quintus had us suit up in combat armor like we were getting ready for capture the flag, but the mood among the campers was a lot more serious. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Last Respects After two weeks at sea the commander calls all of us above deck for a formal lowering of our yellow flag with three red stripes. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Declared books are flagged for all users to see, alerting every book sleuth to the hidden book that is now worth double points. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I would have got a good hiding for painting a pirate's flag on the wall when I was a kid, Victor thought. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Velutha smiled when he saw the Marxist flag blooming like a tree outside his doorway. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Right now they’re both wavers, flagging me out to the sidewalk. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Instead they all yelled at the TV when the Pats blew a twenty-five-yard pass with another flag for holding. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He looked up at the ridge, but he could see only a few black cannon, a single flag. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I'm making the request in Dell's name, because he is the person on the lease, and also because getting this kind of detailed plan from a kid would no doubt raise the flag of alarm. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z On the flagpole in front of Haus West, a large white Olympic flag stirred lazily. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Next time I pass, I Manuel Flores, truster of nobody, most of all not strangers, I lift my hand in the littlest wave, like a tiny small flag. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z I suppose I’d gone to see Julian in order to revive my flagging assurance, in hopes he would make me feel as certain as I had that first day. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Thus, when I got home, the banners, flags, and tumbling cheerleaders that should have been lining the curb to celebrate my return were notably absent. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z A starving Greek community defies Nazi soldiers by hanging out thousands of forbidden national flags. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Everyone who hadn’t shut down to attend the funeral lined the road, waving small American flags. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z I finished a close second to Michael Phelps in the vote to determine who would carry the US flag at the opening ceremony. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Our own flag is red and has a Union Jack in one corner, although there’s no saint for Canada. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z When the nieces and nephews began clamoring for the little flags on the pickup, he snapped at them. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We stop short outside of a building with a large, fancy hand-lettered glass window proclaiming “Sheriff” and a flag of red and white stripes. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z There would have been no torchlight parades, no crowds serenading Lincoln at the Executive Mansion, no little children scampering through the streets with little paper flags with red, white, and blue stars and stripes. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z As James and Maddie tugged the book back and forth in front of Emily, the bar code waved like a black-and-white flag until it finally got her attention. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Every morning the Keepers lined up the boys and raised a flag with the emblem of a beehive over the factory. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z By then, of course, there was no flag standing on the moon. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z When he had nodded and said, “Yes,” she had seemed almost disappointed, like someone else had planted their flag in Joaquin before she could get the chance. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z He shoves the flags one after another into the fire. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The next night, the moon, like Turkey’s future flag, was a crescent. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z On the screen is a school portrait, a blue backdrop with an American flag on one side. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z You went up the steps and inside and you looked far below to find him, at rest, draped flags . Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes the class would be right in the middle of saluting the flag, when in would burst Dad, with a grin stretching from ear to ear. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z So you can see why nobody was running outside to flag down an ambulance when this kid’s “parts hurt.” Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon, the Nazi flag and Hitler’s portrait hung in every classroom. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z And the man who had forced her to wave the Marxist Party flag. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z As she spoke, she swung her lasso round and round, eyeing the flagpole that jutted out from the tower wall high above them, the Institute’s red flag rippling gently beneath it. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Rainbow flags waved on street corners around the country. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The United States flag got a second nickname during the Civil War, Old Glory. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Most of us get our flags pulled and land in jail, and the rest of us plot elaborate rescue missions. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z But he was a military veteran, so his survivors were entitled to receive an American flag upon his death. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “October twentieth—just two weeks! Hundreds of people will be there, and I think we all pledge allegiance to the flag together. I get to miss school and everything.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z It was four miles before he could flag a car down. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I made the rounds, telling everybody about capture the flag. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z At last, it was time for capture the flag. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z They even got a spot that sells TVs, Jamaican flags, leather jackets, and incense all in the same place. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z A community college there was holding a college fair, and Blackburn set up a table in a hallway, draping it with the University of Virginia’s blue and orange flag. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Soojin points to a little American flag pin on her sweatshirt. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z When she was standing in front of him and he finally saw her, he passed the flag to the person next to him and threw his arms around her, lifting her off the ground. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z At police stations, large maps were marked with flags indicating the location of the camps. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The air was red with flags, which dipped and lifted as the marchers ducked under the level-crossing gate and swept across the railway tracks in a red wave. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She eyed the book in my hand, my fingers tucked into it at the page she’d flagged. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z There is a reason that I salute the flag. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The flag is folded into the shape of a triangle and displayed in a glass case. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Luna showed up with a pride flag unapologetically stuck in his lapel; Alex wrote that down. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Too loud to hear Rowan over the chopper blades, which made the scythes’ robes flail like flags in a storm as they crossed the lawn. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z That particular flag had thirty-six stars, a new number, because of Nevada’s recent admission to the Union. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z When I came to it after passing the beggars, I looked to my left and saw the American flag flying over the American consulate building. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z That first day together, Annemarie and I got lucky and found two stools next to each other at the counter under the flag of Italy. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z Odenigbo climbed up to the podium waving his Biafran flag: swaths of red, black, and green and, at the center, a luminous half of a yellow sun. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I gave each of my brothers a bookmark of a waving Texas flag that I’d inked and colored myself. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z He held an American flag in one hand. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z For $365 a month, she rented a room in a friend’s Brooklyn apartment on a street lined with aluminum-sided row houses and American flags. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Melita especially liked the sports, when the girls’ groups competed against neighboring girls’ leagues, playing games such as “capture the flag.” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Then he told the crowd that he had already contacted the White House for permission to fly the United States flag at half-staff for a period of mourning. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z ‘You dressed in black,’ Nico noted, ‘with the sun coming up. You painted your face but didn’t cover that mop of blond hair. You might as well be waving a yellow flag.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I was planning to flag a cab but the traffic was backed up so I just kept walking. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Winning capture the flag is a matter of pride, and pride is important to the Dauntless. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z By the time he reached the little county seat, the bunting was spread out by the yard, flags flew from almost every house, a long unused cannon boomed from the cliffs above the river. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Each note will have the same number of beams as it would have flags. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z His visitors might have observed, too, the green flag which tlew from the masthead. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z She’s got a whole book of songs with the American flag and fireworks on the cover. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z Brianna is the best at bubble letters, so she writes, “We support the troops,” and Kelly J. helps her color the American flag with hearts where the stars should go. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z As James and Maddie tugged the book back and forth in front of Emily, the bar code waved like a black-and-white flag until it finally got her attention. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z It was a flag draped over the casket. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A creature in the sky floated down with a checkered flag in its hands. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z His soulful black eyes would gaze back from billboards, walls, storefront windows, from little flags mounted on the antennas of taxicabs. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The American flag embroidered on his uniform back. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z He transformed quickly into that shimmering flag of gray, then exploded into a cloud of mist, whisked away by an unfelt wind. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z I never even learned how the colors of the Palestinian flag are arranged. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z As for maple leaves, they’re the hardest part to draw on our red flag. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Helmuth is intrigued by the sinking ship, by the drowning sailor who clings to the naval flag, by the debris floating about. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z A third national flag, nicknamed the Blood- Stained Banner, was authorized on March 4, 1865. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z White, frothy waves began splashing over the small American flag that was flapping wildly out on the foredeck. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The blackboard had fixed upon it in permanent paint, on one side, the United States flag and under it the words “Slavery, Suffering and Death,” then the word “Christianity” alongside the sign of the Cross. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The slalom flag zoomed past, and suddenly, it was over. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “I would always have a flag, wherever I live, because of my father,” he explains. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Our own flag is red and has a Union Jack in one corner, although there’s no saint for Canada. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z As each team passed Hitler, it dipped its flag. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Lee jots a quick note intended for Grant and hands it to a Confederate soldier, who gallops toward the Union lines under a white flag. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z No one was playing and the flags were fluttering away in the wind. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The flag reminds me of our conversation at breakfast. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The fire ran ahead at times, and sometimes flagged, as if growing tired like the rest of us. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Sergeant Louis Lowery, a photographer for Leatherneck magazine, snapped pictures of the men posing around the flag. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z There's a flag hanging from the light post on the curb. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z We crossed the foyer—a large Afghan flag draped one of the walls—and the men took me upstairs to a room with twin mint green sofas and a big-screen TV in the far corner. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The oak grove waved its leafy green flags at us, shouting, “Hail, Dismay!” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The sun got up, the clouds vanished, flags were unfurled and the fun began. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Clement was dressed in a dashiki—an African shirt that was to the Klan leader what a red flag is to a bull. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z A few blocks later I flagged a taxi and went uptown, to 50th Street. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z "Yes, I think I do," I said, remembering that there was always that sense in me of being apart when the flag went by. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Directly behind, on the wall, was the royal coat of arms, flanked by the flags of Dictionopolis. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z At Adolf-Hitler-Platz, concentric rings of tall masts flying Olympic flags surrounded a central tower, sixty-two feet high, draped with twenty swastika flags, forming a dramatic, blood-red cylinder in the middle of the grassy square. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The soldiers wrapped Lincoln in an American flag. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She hoped it had been him that had raised his flag and knotted arm in anger. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “And I have four different kinds of flags. And this.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z They hung limp now, but during the night they would flap like flags. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Violet remembered her promise, and thought of Klaus, whose bruised face still looked sore, and Sunny, dangling from the top of the tower like a flag, and began working faster. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z And she had our flag in her hands. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Outside, his own American flag hangs from a pole above the front door. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z These banners were powerful symbols for each side, so much so that during the war soldiers willingly risked their lives to capture an enemy’s flag or prevent their own flag from being taken. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z I laugh, and say, “And you’re willing to wear silly shirts and toot horns and carry flags for ten miles?” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z It looked pretty much standard issue—the same kind of round shield we always used in capture the flag. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z A block away was the state capitol, adorned with three banners: the American flag, the white and red state flag of Alabama, and the battle flag of the Confederacy. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z A wind began to come up, flapping and gusting at the canvas of the tents and the flags, and a cold rain spat down on them. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z I overheard Gay trying to calm down Georgia over the phone: “They love to wave the red flag in the bullring. But you don’t have to react.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z We had a brand-new brick school now, and a brand-new Confederate flag out there on the stage. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Dressed in blue and gray suits, they climb out, waving American flags, to thunderous applause. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She stuffed the antlers in the pail, making sure the flag would be visible in James’s window once raised. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z James Ford walked to the Treasury Department a few blocks away to borrow several flags to decorate the president’s box. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z For despite how well he spoke, how perfectly he moved through the sounds of his words, I kept listening for the errant tone, the flag, the minor mistake that would tell of his original race. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z On every side of me the red and blue and white jacketed skiers tore away down the blinding slope like fugitive bits of an American flag. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z If flagged notes are next to each other, their flags can be replaced by beams that connect the notes into easy-to-read groups. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The morning after Susie’s party, a black limousine with palace plates rolls up our driveway and delivers a bouquet of roses tied with red, white, and blue ribbons, the colors of our flag. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Aside from the tiny red flags stuck on houses, there was no outward sign of the fever anywhere. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z From here, callers announced new voyages and arrivals of inventory, or hung the black flag that indicated that a ship had been lost at sea with all its cargo. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z She became carried away by their spirit of self-sacrifice as they sang, “For the flag we are ready to die....” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z A teacup dragon sails in through one of the doors with the House Glaston flag in its jaws. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I’m wearing royal-blue leggings, a red shirt with a flag detail left over from the Fourth of July, and a white denim jacket. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z A bright swastika flag hangs above the teacher's chair. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Fischer’s and Bronstein’s places at the table were indicated by a small American flag on Bobby’s side and an equally small Soviet flag on the opposite side. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z We could see the white flag from half a mile away. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z When George Bush came to Midland-Odessa he didn’t go quite as far, but it was the family and school prayer and allegiance to the flag that he highlighted over and over. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z For an instant he thought it might be land-grant people, and his muscles tensed, ready to jump down and run to flag them down for a ride. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z —I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The sound of the flag flicking in the wind above them. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z All these things—the flags, the pitch pipe songs, the British Empire and the princesses, the war orphans, even the strappings —are superimposed against the ominous navy-blue background of Miss Lumley’s invisible bloomers. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z This isn’t quite as good, although it has its own song: In days of yore, from Britain’s shore, Wolfe, the dauntless hero, came And planted firm Britannia’s flag On Canada’s fair domain. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z With only seconds to spare, Bobby just barely made his fortieth move against Bronstein before his flag fell, which otherwise would have caused him to be forfeited. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z On the pleasant, shady streets leading to the rowing course out in Griinau, strands of smaller flags with swastikas were strung from tree to tree. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Caught on a piece of iron that stuck out of the concrete wall, a ragged T-shirt hung, limp as a flag of surrender. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z I’m thankful, in a way, that what I assumed would happen based on that flag symbol didn’t really happen at all. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z A red flag waved for me, something chemical happened inside me, every time I heard that. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m thinking,” she said, “that I want you on my team for capture the flag.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “I know! That big ole underwear looked like the national flag of the Land of Big Behinds flapping in the breeze like that.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z A large crimson flag, heavy with rainwater, hangs from the sill of an upstairs window. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z American flags sailed proudly from every rooftop, rippling in the summer breeze. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “Just process it with a green flag,” he said quietly. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The United States had one flag design, the familiar Stars and Stripes, which changed only when additional stars were added to indicate that a new state had been accepted into the Union. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z The plastic flags were flapping in the artificial wind while Muzak came out of heaven. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “What about no wind on the moon? What about the American flag?” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z Some of us traveled with our offerings to the mountains, where Obatala is said to live, and placed white flags around the house on Palmas Street to attract peace. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z They ran up to the big dog, holding their tails up like little flags. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Through the gap in the wall he could see colored tents being raised, stalls being erected, colored flags, and people walking back and forth. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z I was to lead the flag salute and give the welcome at the graduation ceremonies. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Three-quarters of the crowd was wearing scarlet rosettes, waving scarlet flags with the Gryffindor lion upon them, or brandishing banners with slogans like “GO GRYFFINDOR!” and “LIONS FOR THE CUP!” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z The flag is flying, and the smell of sour grease permeates the air. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z His tail would wag like a flag in a storm. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “Mother, there’s a ship. It has an American flag.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z "Everybody wants a flag. We need a flag that stands for Brotherhood, and we need a sign we can wear." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m shocked at how many red flags their licensing workers overlooked.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Also, she planted a three-meter pole with a bright green flag over where she buried it. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z We sewed red flags and tied the red scraps around arms, legs, horses’ tails. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “The Shu sent them. They were just sitting in First Harbor, cannons out, red flags flying, stuffed to the sails with gold.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z There was a flutter of red and blue outside and Alex remembered the flag he had seen. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z We were proud of our precious red scarves, which, like the national flag, were dyed red with the blood of our revolutionary martyrs. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He kept asking me to check with the government about how his flag would be delivered and urging me to get a commitment in writing. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z That night as I held the American flag steady, I saw that everything I had been through, all the sacrifices my family and I had made to get to this moment, had been worth it. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The umbilical cord flew with the red flag and made us laugh. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked at the flag with some concern. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The stain on her pants was like a flag, but she made no attempt to hide it. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But Scythe Faraday’s silence on the matter was a clear red flag to Citra. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Joe and the other boys rushed back to the rails, waving their flags now, unabashedly taking up the chant: “Ray! Ray! Ray! For the USA!” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z They must be heading up to the top of the flag tower, Reynie thought. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The first Confederate flag, the Stars and Bars, was adopted on March 4, 1861. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z She noted that the girls fought over the flag as fiercely as the boys did. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Baby Kochamma rolled the red flag up and put it on the ledge behind the backseat. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s hard for me to say how I’m an American when I live in a second America—an America that doesn’t wave the red, white, and blue flag with fifty stars for fifty states. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Flags were held over the coffin, the Greek flag on one side, the American flag on the other. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z At the top of the mountain was a white pole marking the border between Elfland and the domain of the goblins, defiantly flying the flag of Ghohg. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z They sat on wooden planks and the weak morning sun streamed into the roofless class as she unfurled Odenigbo’s cloth flag and told them what the symbols meant. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Out front flew two flags: the Stars and Stripes of the United States and the Stars and Bars, the battle flag of the Confederacy. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z I knew if Joey sat down next to those two their dresses would make the red, white and blue of the American flag. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Surprisingly, no one had fallen yet—perhaps because the path to the flag was fairly easy: balconies, windowsills, and trellises covered most of the space. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The broken Ares flag raced past us and lodged in Charybdis s braces. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z It showed a big red flag with Chairman Mao’s picture and a long line of people marching under the flag. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z We ran up our launch flag on the blockhouse and tilted our launch rod accordingly. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Who says I have to try to steal the other team’s flag? Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z There will also be an American flag no larger than a child’s hand—glued to a lollipop stick and flying from the cash register. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Then suddenly she declared, with the equal measures of disbelief and delight as the night before, “There’s an American flag on the moon, boy!” Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z With her lips flapping like a flag, she reminds us that the “Community Concerns” meeting is Wednesday night, to discuss a sit-in at the Woolworths lunch counter on Amite Street. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z This flag was white, with a red field in the upper left-hand corner containing a blue cross bordered in white and thirteen stars. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t see any roads connecting the villages and at the smallest patch of level ground, someone would flag the train down and get on carrying bundles of firewood, lemonade, or tamales for sale. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Pale green flags drooped from fire - squat comer towers, each emblazoned with a shoal of silvery fish. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z They had been off Alicante about a week when a ship flying the American flag anchored near them—the Ember, from Salem, Captain Gorman commanding. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z In a message sent under a flag of truce, Washington told British General Henry Clinton, in New York, that he would spare André’s life if Clinton turned over Arnold. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The bold flags in the border, the faces of the kids in the middle, give me strange comfort. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z His bed was a mattress on the floor, the American flag draped over it for a coverlet, which even as a non-native, I thought most disrespectful. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z House after house was decorated with a tiny red flag, the sign that yellow fever had invaded it. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Thousands of flags waved, adding their discordant national anthems to the racket. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I knew the guy was Jamaican because he had the flag hanging from the mirror. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z She was a big, black schooner flying the American flag. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z “Then prove it. You get down on your hands and knees and crawl before your flag.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The Aronstein flag painting was down and leaning against the wall, and my parents’ four-poster bed had been stripped bare. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z Yet, as clearly as the flag that was draped from the balcony, she saw before her faces that had not been there a second ago. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z When the taxi stopped in front of the building flying the South Korean flag, Shin’s chest felt heavy. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z That afternoon the train station is crowded with crying mothers and sweethearts, stoic fathers, and children, waving red, white, and black flags. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Weariness flagged me down and I stopped in a pleasant motel. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Two flags were on the desk, the blue UN flag and another country’s flag that I didn’t recognize, maybe where the guy was from. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z In front of the domed courthouse someone had stuck a Confederate flag in the mouth of their public cannon. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The small, dark pillbox atop his head was gold-embroidered with Islam’s flag, the sun, moon, and stars. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Later, some of Half King’s men took Washington to a house where a French flag flew. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “The Star-Spangled Banner” began to play, and the American flag slowly ascended a flagstaff behind the announcement board. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Outside, the flag rope snapped and clattered in the wind, and the rooks cawed as they wheeled around the ramparts. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He carried a long horn of bright metal from which dangled a flag of blue and gold. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z The Nazis knew what appealed to kids—uniforms, flags, bands, badges, weapons, and stories about heroes—and they offered plenty. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z There were many cast-iron stars, marking the graves of Grand Army men, and on each star a small wind-bitten flag from a year ago Decoration Day. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The horn blows and the Oasis pulls out from the dock, heading, as far as the authorities know, for Istanbul under a false flag. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Jimmy Robeson, a Marine who’d refused to pose for the picture, shot one of the Japanese soldiers before he could get to the flag and Louis Charlo took care of the other one. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The fox waved his flag, squinting up at Constance. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The battle chart, with its coloured pins and flags and symbols, was propped up on its easel. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z In other factions, he would give me time to recover, but he is Dauntless, so he smiles at me and starts toward the carousel, where our team members guard our flag. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z He was trying to remain inconspicuous, but being so awkward and unhappy about it that he might as well have been waving a flag. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z I saw so much red that it blinded me to any flags. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The sail was patched with flour sacks and, furled, it looked like the flag of permanent defeat. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z And as I flag a taxi to go back home, I wonder what any of our parents would think, if they knew the whole truth. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z With his flagging strength, he fought to raise the blade again. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z But each evening when I returned the same thing happened: she slapped the bench, ordered me to sit down, declared that there was a flag on the moon, and declared that it was splendid. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z “We left some garbage and a flag there in the sixties, but that’s about it.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Even as the sea rages around him, the brave sailor keeps the flag safely above him and the water. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Stoner was a virulent anti-Semite, whose Confederate flag vest delighted C.P. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z By eleven, when the sun was high in the sky, we would begin to flag. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Time to pay up, Filthy, JB says, laughing and waving the scissors in the air like a flag. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z “It’s probably just so they can reach the flag,” said Sticky. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Abby sat with Nan at the kitchen table while a lady old enough to be personal friends with Betsy Ross, sewer of the first US flag, hobbled around the kitchen. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z You pinned the flag to my lapel and said, “We’re rooting for you.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The class mumbled, but maybe that was because of the flag. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Carved into the top are the flags of the Signal Corps, the branch of the Army that William had served. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Thanks to the tolerance education unit, we’ve seen pictures of swastikas on flags, on walls, on hats, on cars, on banners, on armbands, and on book covers. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z And that was when I remembered Jim Hawkins, climbing up the side of the Hispaniola to steal her, tearing down the Jolly Roger flag, sitting in the crosstrees and holding Israel Hands back. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z A thin sheen of sweat lines the skin around her American flag hijab. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z “You take a little more of the flag, treasured guest.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z There were more cheers, more frantic wavings of tiny flags. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Michael Sandler called out to his side like a football coach, “Only if you know the answer,” and half of the boys lowered their flags. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z ‘Well,” Grandpa said, “there’s supposed to be a white flag in the mouth of Black Fox. That’s where we leave the road. The camp is in the river bottoms.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The flag was folded into a perfect triangle of white stars just like the one in Grandpop’s room, where Grandpop hid his gun—well, before he broke it all apart. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z A Greek flag flew over the former Ottoman palace. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z They were coming toward where the flag was and I went along the fence. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Her skirt flashes red, white, and blue, the colors of the Puerto Rican flag. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The Stars and Bars that people regard today as the national symbol of the Confederacy is actually a battle c , „ , flag that was used by Confederate armies, not an off!- Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Thomas couldn’t help worrying that he’d thrown up some red flags for Newt, and that the older boy was just hiding his concern. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z A slim booklet with an American flag on the front sticks out from underneath, jogging my memory. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Figure 1.40: The notes connected with beams are easier to read quickly than the flagged notes. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Five days later, a newscaster shrills that Paris has fallen to the Germans, and the German people are overjoyed to see the Nazi flag hoisted over France. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z The police had formed into narrow lines and ordered him through their loudspeaker to stop, lay his flag on the ground, and proceed with his hands behind his neck. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Then there was the Pledge of Allegiance to the American flag. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z You have probably seen that picture taken of six Marines raising the flag on Mount Suribachi. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z After flagging down the durian boatman, the guards would carry the enormous spiky-skinned fruit to the wooden table under their shaded pavilion. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z “You think you’re going to flag down a boat with a weak little phone light?” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Turkish and Syrian flags flutter on its roof. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z In a panel of the oak wall, between crossed British flags, hung a dramatic arresting photograph of Major Sir Milo Minderbinder in the dress uniform of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The two noses passed over the line together, the flag flashed down, and the hushed track clanged with the sound of Smith’s bell. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z A piece of black plastic that is close to the dryer vent appears to be waving at me like a black flag. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z He didn’t think he could drive and decided to try to flag down a car. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z But now more masses were coming, in clots, broken lines, red battle flags plowing through the smoke, moving this way, drifting to the left, toward the base of the hill. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z On the very last day of October, a huge white flag was hoisted at Bush Hill that proclaimed: no more sick persons here. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Then ran back toward us, her hair flying behind her like a flag. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z My feet rang on the flagged stones, echoing to the ceiling, and I felt guilty at the sound, as one does in church, self-conscious, aware of the same constraint. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Cars waxed and gleaming, plastic pennant flags criss-crossed over the lots. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z It is strange and perhaps fortunate that when one’s time grows nearer one’s interest in it flags as death becomes a fact rather than a pageantry. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The Captain turned diem in off the road and herded them into an open space in the field near the Regimental flag. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Four takes the flag out of his pocket. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Finally I spotted my mother’s white shirtwaist like the flag of “We Give Up!” waving near Father. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She held the note I gave her in Lit class and waved it at me like a surrender flag. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Confederate flags were proudly displayed throughout the region, boldly and defiantly marking the cultural, social, and political landscape. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “The Star Spangled Banner” blared from speakers as the American flag rose on a wire over the magenta-colored arena floor. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z At last someone shouted the news; they had hoisted the flag at Gardiner’s Mills, two miles from town. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “I flagged it with a piece of pink tissue.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z After they left, the frightened youngster was able to flag down a passing car on the highway. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z “For taking the flag when you earned it. I don’t know what was wrong with me.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z I walk quickly down the street before they can catch up to me, and flag a cab to take me to the subway station. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Waving flags and singing freedom songs, the triumphant marchers stand before the capitol building. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z “Look, there’s a window just above the Institute flag. I’ll bet something important’s up there. It’s the highest window on the island. There’s always something important behind the highest window.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Just a baby, drowning in an oversized Indy 500 shirt, complete with checkered flags and a bright green race car. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Minutes later, the aide-de-camp flings open the shutters of an upstairs window and gazes a moment across the rooftops before unfurling a crimson flag over the brick and securing its eyelets to the sill. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z It’s not that I hate doing anything active, but in elementary school, PE meant going out on the blacktop in your regular clothes and playing softball or capture the flag. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z It might be different if he were flagging down a passing car or trying to phone for help, but typing, in and of itself, is not an inherently dramatic activity. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Maybe a little capture the flag would do them all good. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z I went back along the fence to where the flag was. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z He arrived just at the moment when that first flag was being taken down. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z He couldn’t see that flag, either, but his sergeant told him to send the message. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought about Herbert, about how desperately he wanted the American flag he earned through his military service in Vietnam. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Then they put the flag back and they went to the table, and he hit and the other hit. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Even my Puerto Rican flag sandals look dirty. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z Alex flags down a waiter and decides to spend the rest of the reception getting systematically drunk. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z A loud “Huzzah!” from hundreds of throats came from the Battery as the American flag was pulled down. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Elodin stood perilously near the edge, his master’s robe flapping around him like a dark flag. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z In the front walked a man holding a Confederate flag. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “Okay. How many of you were thrown off by the Confederate flags?” Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z Wandering into the lumberyard behind the store, I flag down a fellow identified as Raymond by his ID badge, who offers to walk me to the personnel office. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t want her day to end on tears, so I walked back over to the Herald office to buy another flag. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Peonies and flag lilies and poppies were blooming in people’s yards, and roses and sweet William, mountain laurel and bleeding heart. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The Confederate flag is stuck to the wound now, so I no longer need to hold it there. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z I ran across the meadow and came upon a troop of soldiers marching, with a drummer boy and flag bearer in front. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z There were also some medals and ribbons there, a folded-up flag. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z We got the fire going pretty high—almost as high as where Danny hid the flag—and the crackling and snapping and small explosions of pine resin sent out sparks that looked like rising stars. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z He disapproved, she knew, because he kept his flag folded inside the pocket of a pair of trousers. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z With the last boom of the Michigan's gun, the great flag at the Administration Building fell to the ground. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Good gravy, Kate! The boys are in the flag tower already! Constance, wake up!” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Now Jody marched seemingly alone, with high-lifted knees and pounding feet; but behind him there was a phantom army with great flags and swords, silent but deadly. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z A flag waved from the top—a wild boar and spear on a bloodred field. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z When I pulled into the parking lot, I once again saw that loathsome truck, with its flags, stickers, and menacing gun rack. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He also organized rallies against the hard-liners in Beijing in the flag plaza of the UN. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The French were barely able to sustain trading posts in the St. Lawrence and didn’t even try to plant their flag in pre-epidemic New England. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z They passed a cemetery littered with rock-piled graves and ragged shaheed flags fluttering in the breeze. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z At times, I see the flag drawn in graffiti on walls. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z Fern’s little flag had not escaped being trampled by the parade’s participants. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z They left muddy combat boots, flowers, flags, and Purple Hearts. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z I was just one more of those women who clamp their mouths shut and wave the flag as their nation rolls off to conquer another in war. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z No sooner had Ryan sat down at the table than he and the rest of Room 5 stood up again to recite some words about a flag and something about liberty and justice for all. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, I’m pretty sure he’s a well-rounded organizer. Rumor has it he even has those Post-it flag thingies and a personalized memo pad.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I weep to think of each mother who stitches a gold star on her service flag to signify her son's ultimate sacrifice. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z In another, Louie had concealed the flag so cleverly that it was never discovered. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z I’ve painted the border with flags of different countries and the middle with smiling faces. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Katz flagged in the first hour, and I felt tired too by afternoon, but we pushed determinedly on. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Our Navajo net on board the Bunker Hill was set up in the radio room just above the flag bridge at the very top of the ship. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z In one version, Hitler himself had allowed him to keep the flag. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z One had a big red flag with a thick blue cross outlined by white. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z An expert doesn’t so much argue the various sides of an issue as plant his flag firmly on one side. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z They abandoned the car and flagged down a crowded State Transport bus. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Above the TV is the framed Puerto Rican flag that Abuelita brought over when she and Ma moved from their home city of Rincón to New York. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Now, she sees the orange flags tied to various posts. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Harley stood on the side of the road and started waving his arms to flag it down. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Samosas and other finger foods, cupcakes frosted like flags, and of course our Halwa Cuppa Tea ice cream. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z I am in love with everything around me, the dotted white lines moving across my teacher's blackboard, the smell of chalk, the flag jutting out from the wall and slowly swaying above me. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z “My grandfather has all these flags,” Sherm told Bridge on the way to his house. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z A makeshift signal flag—a red knitted leg wanner of the sort worn by dancers— was knotted to the end of an alder branch by the vehicle's rear exit. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Paul noticed that Burns was wearing an American flag pin on her suit, so she introduced herself as a fellow American. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z In the battle between the British and French fleets in Chesapeake Bay, thanks to Washington’s agents, the French may have been reading Admiral Graves’s flag signals. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z He was in the Street Sweepers’ section, in a stovepipe hat, carrying a two inch Italian flag, smoking a cigar among the brooms and scoops. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The Manhattan’s crew had trained floodlights on the enormous white Olympic flag flying from the after mast, on the American flag on the foremast, and on the ship’s red, white, and blue funnels. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Next to her: Cash, with Amy’s wife on his shoulders in what Alex can now tell is the jean jacket Amy was embroidering on the plane in the colors of the pansexual flag. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Under their nations’ flags, those Europeans fought Native people for control of that land. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z A blue flag and a white flag dropped from the bridge simultaneously. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z In the next instant bursts of sparks in red, white, and blue formed a huge American flag against the black sky. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z "After about two blocks, we flagged the driver down and climbed aboard. And you won't believe what we found?" How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “And they might have had a giant fan, right? Because in the pictures it looks like the flag is waving, but there’s no wind on the moon.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z In Washington, D.C., at the Marine Corps memorial, there is a big statue of those Marines raising the flag on Iwo Jima. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew I was strong, but that flag had looked ginormous and hard to hold. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Sure enough, Cain was in the lead, and had taken the easiest path toward the flag, Grave and Verin on his trail, Nox close behind, and Pelor, the young assassin, not far below him. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z We sit in the theater and wave small American flags. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z I did, raising my eyes to the tall superstructure of the big boat where a U.S. flag was waving. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z He saw: a red flag, down in die smoke and dark. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They said that Senator Trueba replied by slamming his fist down on the presidential desk, knocking down the flag and the bust of the Founding Father. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z That night Papa burned the flag he had brought with him from Hiroshima thirty-five years earlier. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z She confirmed that the white “We come in peace” flag was flying from the mast. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “We’ve made a temporary alliance with Athena. Tonight, we get the flag from Ares. And you are going to help.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z There was an orderly behind him, carrying the flag of the Corps. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They did not want to flag down the stork in order to get to another place. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z We played capture-the-flag in the auditorium, where Sun Yat-sen and Chiang Kai-shek’s pictures hung at the back of the stage, the Chinese flag on their left and the American flag on their right. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z In my mind, President Snow should be viewed in front of marble pillars hung with oversized flags. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Strangers would often flag down the loaded van and ask where we were coming from. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z The thought climbs on top of the mountain of frustration and plants a flag, clear and loud and so surprising to me that I don’t even understand it. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z All these things—the flags, the pitch pipe songs, the British Empire and the princesses, the war orphans, even the strappings —are superimposed against the ominous navy-blue background of Miss Lumley’s invisible bloomers. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z It must have grown up silently, yet swiftly as a flag rises when you pull it up on a flagstaff, while they were all busied about the coronation. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z Sherm had volunteered to bring in an American flag, and when Mr. Partridge asked if Sherm could “by any chance fetch it today,” Bridge volunteered to go with him. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z Keth-Selhan was fast; so fast that the wind tore at my cloak, stretching it behind me like a flag. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It is a promise that if I salute the flag like a good American, all these integration problems will be worked out eventually. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The flag fluttered again and, seeing it, Alex went over to the window. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z She is greeted by Cub Scout Troop 163, holding a big American flag. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z We all wear Hawaiian shirts and leis over our costumes, and the banner I painted says Sari-Sari Store in bright blue, yellow, and red letters, the colors of the Philippine flag. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z At Cuxhaven a motor launch flying Nazi flags pulled alongside the ship to take off German news writers and photographers who had boarded at Le Havre. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Next door was another, in better shape, called Speed Stop Car Parts, overlooking a neatly groomed park with an American flag on a pole. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The Lightning made a run, took a shot, and appeared to score, but the linesman raised his flag to signify offside. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z This is probably one of those red flags. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Her coat has a small American flag on the left lapel. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I remembered the swirling green trident that had appeared above my head the night of capture the flag, when Poseidon had claimed me as his son. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “You’ll see. Capture the flag is Friday night. Do you have your own sword and shield?” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z German companies plant flags miles from Moscow; Russia will be theirs. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Yet my presence was known throughout the region: I was a gaudy flag waving overhead during all those months of sickness and oblivion, just a girl in love, the center of my own universe. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z If you flag the book before you download the clue, you will earn double the points if you reach the book first. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z But this second design, with its large white section, was thought too similar to the traditional all-white flag of truce. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Two Serbs who have never met might risk their lives to save one another because both believe in the existence of the Serbian nation, the Serbian homeland and the Serbian flag. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d had some pretty bad experiences with defense on capture the flag. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Before I open the door to the usual chaos, I pat the flag fluttering from the porch. Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z The sun was up, walking among clouds and long flags of smoke, but even the sunlight was defiled. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The woman bellowed, 'A flag on the moon, boy! Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z In the room were close to fifty men who would die for this flag, this country, this service, and this song. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z On August II, Louie packed his belongings, the flag, and an array of other stolen Teutonica and left his room in the Olympic Village. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z Someone in the crowd lowered to half-staff the United States flag flying in front of City Hall. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z A man was waving them on with a red flag tied to a stick. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z We all went to an Iranian café with flags and loud music. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z They came on slowly around the last bend, a long blue smoking snake, spiked with guns and flags. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The California state flag hangs above her bed. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I twirled the flag handle on the ground between my feet. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z From balconies and windows above the streets, colorful flags snapped crisply. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Cool air is blowing in, and Ronan’s dad is taking down the American flag. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z "Wouldn't it be better, sir, to grab a piece of the floating wood even if it means letting go of the flag? This way, you might live to fight another day for your country." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Gregor flagged down a cab and they piled into the backseat. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z By tradition, this new flag would not become official until the Fourth of July. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Whenever Stanton had a baby, a flag was raised outside her house—a red flag for a boy, white for a girl. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z About a hundred white spectators looked on from the side of the road, laughing and hollering, waving a Confederate flag. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z The news footage of Iranians protesting in the streets, burning the American flag, and screaming "DEATH TO AMERICA" didn't really do much to bolster our image. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z It was playing in the flapping of flags and awnings, in the rumble of distant traffic, the click of heels on the dry paving stones... The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z A bunch of countrified folks yelling and screaming, waving flags and chewing tobacco, forcing confused kids to crawl through mud, preparing them to get killed in a war? The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z The door creaked open and a flag of light fell in from the corridor. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The quilt betrayed a crookedness in her thinking: run it up a pole as the flag of her wild country. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Out in the driveway, Mr. Washburn is already sitting in his big black car with the little American flag on the antenna. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z “I’m not sure, but I think one of them is the new flag of China.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Once he started narrating, our interest never flagged. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z She began carting out her mama’s food, but once the boys were back, they plunked the chairs down and organized a massive game of capture the flag. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The man from the Second Maine said sadly, “You ever hear about our flag? It cost twelve hundred dollars.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The young maid who has been listening to our English gibberish offers us a pink perfumed hand towel, which Sandi accepts and waves like the flag for our side. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z That’s one automatic red murder flag to the white man, and his woman knows it. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z A Google alert flagging my name in an article posted on the United States Olympic Committee website, titled “Fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad Qualifies for Olympics, Will Become First Athlete to Compete in a Hijab.” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z The Germans gave him the flag and let him go. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z A policeman waved me out of the snake of traffic and flagged me to a stop. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The kids were spaced out along the street, flagging down their neighbors and other pedestrians, explaining their plight. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z I watch from a distance when the flag goes up over the cookhouse at lunchtime. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z As the soldiers turned, Louie ran to the flag and immediately realized that it was much higher than he had thought. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z I gave her a bit of my company, and assured her that I had checked the lock, and told her that the flag on the moon was splendid. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Interpol, the international police organization, had him flagged to be arrested at any one of 368 airports throughout the world. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Next to a giant red cross was a small wooden table and on it were a folded Confederate flag, a Bible, a glass bottle, and an unsheathed sword. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Now to the left he could see the great mass of Pettigrew’s Division, with Trimble coming up behind him, advancing in superb order, line after line, a stunning sight, red battle flags, row on row. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He has a handlebar mustache, and his desk is covered with American flags. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Bob loomed over them, his broom planted like a flag. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z So as I pledged, I pictured the American flag on the Bund, waving as if it were telling the world that America was the land of the free and the home of the brave. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Even though most of my team is incarcerated, it’s officially a tie because they never found our flag. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The rickshaw was decorated with small flags in bright colors. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z President Gray’s face filled the screen, flanked by two American flags. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The Midland High band played “Deep in the Heart of Texas,” then “Come a Little Bit Closer” to the accompaniment of hundreds of little American flags bobbing up and down. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He took it out and they hit, then he put the flag back. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z But then the three months were up, and just before the flag fell on the immigration clock, Bobby would scoot off to the Philippines. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The first is a fireworks GIF, the second is a wavering American flag. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z He came out of the building, meaning to walk up to the tube station, but just then a cab drove along and he flagged it down. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Hans helped the boys select a symbol and sew a brand-new flag. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z We set our flag at the top of Zeus’s Fist. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z There I was, ponytail and all, saluting the flag. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z That night after dinner, I was seriously ready to beat the Hunters at capture the flag. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z On the opposite side was the Alabama flag, sporting red bars crossed diagonally against a white field, fixed in the same pattern as the stars and bars of the Confederate flag. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z After the hoisting of the flag, the animals were required to file past the skull in a reverent manner before entering the barn. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z The meaning of the flag signals—a certain flag or set of flags for commands such as “attack” or “hold your fire”—was a secret known only to those who had flag codebooks. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The spitting incident, symbolically equivalent to burning the American flag, had apparently earned the government’s wrath. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Between those two photographs, we have the American flag from his funeral. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “You mean—?” I didn’t get a chance to finish the thought, because he was already flagging down a very dazed eighth grade president. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z The flags on the front rudders stiffened, and we could now see the eyes painted on the flags. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z You might as well be waving a flag and shouting, "Come and get me!" The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I realized he was watching the dive flags bobbing on the surface, missing one of his old spots. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The spreading of the Gospel, regardless of the motives or the integrity or the heroism of some of the missionaries, was an absolutely indispensable justification for the planting of the flag. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z From behind the line of waiting, oncoming traffic, a column of men appeared, with red flags and banners and a hum that grew and grew. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z As he made his way down the course, Moch might as well have raised over his stern a flag emblazoned with the words “Don’t Tread on Me” and the figure of a coiled rattlesnake. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He just hoped that no one flagged him down for a ride. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z She sat there across from him, going over the notes for her speech, a twenty-four-karat gold American flag on her lapel, and Alex was so proud he thought he’d throw up. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z We bought small American flags to hang in the window to show our patriotism. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z War ministry flags as big as tanks hang from the rafters. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z They have no swords, wear no eye patches, and hang no skull flags anywhere on their ship. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A gigantic ship with an American flag moves closer. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Having that American flag go up was like New Year’s Eve. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I spent my days devising new strategies for capture-the- flag and making alliances with the other cabins to keep the banner out of Ares’s hands. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z On the western wall hung a large Marine flag. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z We’re in Turkey yet here is my country’s flag flying high and proud. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z I saw the flag flapping, and the sun slanting on the broad grass. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Extra clothes, books, scientific instruments and specimens, chess sets, flags, lanterns, tools, sewing kits, lucky talismans, razors, barometers, combs, scissors, playing cards, dishes, silverware, photographs—each man added to the heap. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Beans, hoisting the muskrat carcass like a flag, blared, “Back to Fishface’s!” and led them out to the sidewalk. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z From the outside, the third floor is completely hidden behind elaborate stone carvings and worn Republic flags. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z His dissolved army will soon turn over their guns and battle flags. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Some of them even wore sunglasses, an act that on the Permian band would have been considered as blasphemous as taking out an American flag during the halftime show and burning it. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “I guess you think that’s kind of a red flag in a guy.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The spy tucked himself behind a boulder and began counting flags. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Photos of him plastered the wall, the biggest being of his high school graduation, right under the framed takbir, and alongside the Iraqi flag. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z All over America, kids were walking into school yards and classrooms, and the American flag was waving. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z “I was so proud of you carrying the flag,” Mama had said after my graduation exercises. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z They sold buttons, flags, banners, and sashes, and they solicited funds by writing letters and making phone calls. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Louie had “stormed Hitler’s palace” to steal the flag in a hail of gunfire that had “whistled around his head.” Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z “The flag is still there. There are six flags up there, actually. But they’re all white now. Bleached out by the sun.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z When we stood next to each other in the school yard that morning, our stars and stripes echoed the flag waving from the pole above us. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z “Retreat” ended, and the soldiers folded up the flag, and the Institute people continued on their way. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Around them a hodgepodge of creatures and people erected their stalls, hung their flags and wheeled their barrows. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z “Nobody’s seen you all day. Somebody told me they saw the flag at the guard booth at half-mast and I was afraid you might be dead.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z This design was thought too similar to the United States flag and on May 1, 1863, a second design, nicknamed the Stainless Banner, was authorized. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, I suppose I’d better say hello to all you brats. Well, hello. Our activities director, Chiron, says the next capture the flag is Friday. Cabin five presendy holds the laurels.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The Americans created gridlock at the entrance to Maracanã Stadium, as one athlete after another bent to take selfies with me holding that giant flag. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “Massachusetts State Penitentiary” was typed on the upper left corner, across from a waving American flag stamp. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z It's the first time I have felt real fear—the kind that plants a flag in your brain and decides it's going to stay. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I pulled open the mailbox, placed the envelope inside, and lifted the little red flag. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z Was his flag whipping in the breeze, giving the news to the town? Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z They could not consider the human scalp an appropriate palette for self-expression, could not own a rainbow-striped flag, and could not say they had "discovered" any shop or restaurant currently listed in the phone book. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z They look kind of like an American flag, I realize. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The pale flesh under his arm flaps like a flag. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z There were still no signs of flagging or giving up. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z Twenty feet up and about thirty feet away flapped the object of this insane race: a golden flag. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He hits the flag in its exact center, and the boys holding its edges give a collective groan. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I noticed for the first time that he had a Confederate flag tattooed on his arm. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z But there, back there: masses of men, flags, two flags, flanking, moving down the line. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z This time I'll make sure, I thought, stepping out and flagging the bus and getting on. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Down on the mall in front of Buckingham Palace, there’s a mass of people with banners, signs, American flags, Union Jacks, pride pennants streaming over their heads. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z At exactly four forty-five, sunset, the warship Michigan fired one of its cannon and continued to fire twenty times more as one thousand men quietly took up positions at each of the exposition’s flags. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Good morning, sir,” Ignatius said brusquely, his searf-shawl flying horizontally in his wake like the flag of some mobilized Scottish clan. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Far off, through the display of lights flashing before his eyes, Mark thought he could see Bruce and his red flag leading his own charge. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z It works out contingencies and relationships and sorts through the mountain of information we get from the outside world, prioritizing it and putting flags on things that demand our immediate attention. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z He imagines the sidewalks jammed with revelers sporting swastika armbands and waving red, white, and black flags. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Banners and flags and gonfalons suddenly bellied from every cornice, a huge red banner unscrolled along the full length of the Machinery Building, and the canvas slipped from Big Mary’s gold-leaf shoulders. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Buford saw with a slight shock the first column of infantry, the lovely flags. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Unit leaders held up flags to help steer people in the right direction as the women formed ranks in various divisions. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Lee saw flags floating through white smoke, disembodied, like walking sticks. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He holds both reins in one hand and with the other retrieves flagged darts from a leather pouch, flinging them into the earth. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z They must have known that censors would flag any such letters as suspicious. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z We round a bend in the road and, in the distance, the Syrian flag flaps and fights in a warm breeze curving down the valley. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z I see a line of little flags that stretch about a mile long. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z She spends the rest of class writing on the board and speaking to the flag about our required reading. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z “Liar and pretender. I did see you. You were a Communist and had a shirt and a flag. And you ignored me.” The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z First one who grabbed the flag and brought it back down received a pat on the back. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z It passed the flywheel, sending the flags spinning, then fell into the final drop. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z When we pulled into the student lot at Burnt Mill Creek High School on Monday morning, the campus had been made over, decorated with California flags and colorful banners. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Here, in case you don’t know what it is yet, is the perennial example, as espoused by Harold Ross: “The flag is red, white, and blue.” Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z Everywhere the white flags that had symbolized the White City hung at half mast. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z At sixteen hundred the pace began to flag again, so the slave trader invited some of the buyers to come up for a closer look at the dwarfs. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And the tank that followed them...the tank had an American flag on it. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Ms. Banks flagged down the ambulance, already on hand for the event, and the medics loaded Astelle inside. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z But I didn't want to raise any red flags, even though that was my signature color. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z The quay lay directly before them, and beyond it the harbor, the flags of a thousand ships snapping in the breeze. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Every now and then from a doorway hung a Nazi flag, bright red with a black swastika in a white circle. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z “And that’s saying something, because he’s gayer than a Christmas flag in August.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “I vote we go all out. Hide the flag well enough that they can’t find it.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Run to the troughs; run to the flag; run up the hill. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z It took Nina a moment, but then she picked out the Kerch flag and the cheery Haanraadt Bay pennant flying beneath it. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Even the kindergarten children knew of the inflexible rule against entering a room while the flag was being saluted. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z One man has painted his face green, white, and orange like Ireland’s flag. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Board of Education, that many Southern states erected Confederate flags atop their state government buildings. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z On the sidelines, family members waved flags and hollered. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Some wore Greek armor, some British redcoat uniforms, some camouflage with tattered American flags on the shoulders. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Knox, a dot at the far end of the room, stood at a podium in front of a giant American flag. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Surely if the whole class felt strongly about the American flag, I’d fit in all right. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She’d picture the Italian flag flapping in the town square, with its stripes and shield. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z From houses back off away from the road there was a waving of flags, a fluttering of white handkerchiefs; women lifted lamps at the windows. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A concession stand in the corner did a brisk business in hats and T-shirts and jackets and flags. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, Arnold arranged for a boat, under a flag of truce, to take a Tory woman and her children across the Hudson to an area held by the British. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Shackleton had the flag raised one last time on the battered mast, which brought a weary cheer from the men, and then began overseeing the evacuation. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z By echoing Merle Tuve’s words, he had quite deliberately planted his flag next to that of his boyhood friend. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Kyle went with the Redneck: woodland camouflage shirt, overalls, trucker hat with a Confederate flag patch, dingy cowboy boots. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Lead by gymnast Alfred Joachim, the American flag bearer, they emerged singing from the darkness of the tunnel and marched out into the vast interior of the stadium. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z One great tower rose from the center of the roof, crested with an American flag that billowed in the wind. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “Ship ashore!” and a few moments later, “She flies the British flag!” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Molly waves goodbye to us from the window of her apartment as we flag a cab. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z As Obama spoke, compassionate and cadenced, American flags fluttering behind him, Blaine shifted, sighed, leaned back on the couch. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z But this problem rather pales in comparison to the other problem, which is that both T-shirts are embossed with huge Confederate flags. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z She held the note I had just returned to her in her left hand, and now she waved it like a tiny flag. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z A multicolored flag hung limply at the top of the pole, no wind to reveal its pattern. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z There are US flags and a Puerto Rican flag with a sideways triangle and one star in it, like in the book I looked at. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z Red flags showed the runners the way to go. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z The conversation would flag into silence, and everyone would look at the floor, not knowing what to say, and someone would start crying, and then they would see tears running down Ada’s face. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Everyone was at the clearing, dressed in full battle armor, but this time it wasn’t for capture the flag. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z He showed Chamberlain the new brigade flag: triangular, white, with a blue border, a red Maltese Cross in the center. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z One of these is the Republic's flag, imprinted faintly against the metal. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z The expedition's main object, explained in the fund-raising brochure, was “to cross the Antarctic from sea to sea, securing for the British flag the honor of being the first carried across the South Polar Continent.” Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z But there was still a few flags moving toward the top of the hill. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z To keep a clean flag of flame flying on the mountain was the immediate end and no one looked further. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Speeches were made and food was served; a salute to the American flag and the loud singing of “The Star-Spangled Banner” rounded out the evening. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z It was probably a mistake, a red flag that would make Jesse more determined to try to butt his way into one of the more competitive schools in America. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Try running and grabbing someone’s flag with your foot at the same time—slightly difficult.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I’m not sure what I expected to see— maybe a flag at half mast in respect for the dead. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Every time he shuts his eyes, some vision of the school at Schulpforta overmasters him: vermilion flags, muscular horses, gleaming laboratories. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I look skyward and see the wall stretches into a tower, atop which flies a proud American flag. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Not having a body in hand, not having the lifeless form to send with the flag, they would not acknowledge that there was a death at all. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Seeing Grandpop grab his hat and slap it on his head, then run his hand along the dresser until he got to a folded flag, just like the one upstairs. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Taking one last lunge for the flag, Louie snagged the edge and fell to the pavement, tearing the banner down with him, then scrambled to his feet and ran like mad. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z Wrapped in sackcloth and tied with twine, there was a bright piece of paper with my name fixed to the top, waving in the wind like a little flag. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z In the front of the room stood the American flag, which always tilted a little to the right in its stand. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z After a lot of flag waving and oath taking, you’ll officially become an American citizen. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z In the faint moonlight that came through a high small window, I saw only flags on wooden poles. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z The country filled with men in uniform, with war machines, flags, hymns, and parades, because the military understood the need for the people to have their own rituals and symbols. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Every few days he’d go play capture the flag or football with Bobby and Tyler and the other boys to keep them from getting sulky. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z There is something curious about the national flags of the planet Earth. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He was more than strange-looking, and his sudden appearance set off all kinds of red flags in my head. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z And then I want the flag of Borinquen and a big conga with Freddy’s face on it, can you paint that?” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z And it turned out that the astronauts packed a special flag on Apollo 11, with a wire worked into the material so that it would stick out like that. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z More cheers rose up to meet them as Cain waved the flag for everyone to see. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z She was wearing a jaunty shirtwaist, white with small red and blue semaphore flags. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He scratched at the flags with his cane, said, “But no matter. I am off to assure our fortune.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z He felt the gales then, sucking into the cyclone so that it blew past him from behind, ripping at his clothes and hair like they were shredded flags caught in a storm. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Before me a gathering of people were almost blocking the walk, while above them a short squat man shouted angrily from a ladder to which were attached a collection of small American flags. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Watching them walk, Louie noted that on each pass, there was a point at which both had their backs to the flag. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z Several of them intermittently wave a huge flag. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The new national flag flutters there as well, two red bands and a red maple leaf rampant on white, looking like a trademark for margarine of the cheaper variety, or an owl kill in snow. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z So they all waved the white flag that day and let me grieve in peace. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z I turned to Luke and yelled over the noise, “Those are the flags?” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z She was holding a fancy tasseled bookmark between her fingers as if it were a small flag. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z And there, bounding down the side of the mountain, his scrawny arms flapping, the flag tied around his neck like a cape, was Brangwain Spurge. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z The loudspeakers that line the roofs of the buildings crackle and pop, and JumboTrons pause in their ads—or, in some cases, warnings about another Patriot rebel attack—to show a video of our flag. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z The sun was bright that day with only breeze enough to ruffle the horses’ manes, flaunt scarlet riding capes, float the flag of England. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Far ahead of us four boys, looking like white flags on the endless green playing fields, crossed toward the tennis courts. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The third hit one of Charybdis s retaining bands and shot back at us, snapping the Ares flag off its pole. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z ‘Not unless you really want to. But we might have to ban you from capture the flag. I have a feeling you could go against the entire camp solo and still beat us.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The board raced past the first flag, and she leaned hard right, her arms all the way out now for balance. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z There is enough space to hang a painting of the Virgin of Guadalupe, a wooden carving of the map of Honduras, and a small American flag. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z ‘A flag on the moon! Isn’t that splendid?” Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z The red Ares flag whipped in the wind. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z One of the views, from a faraway perspective, shows spring in Paris: full of light and color, a palette bright with green grass, blue sky, the French flag flying atop the mill. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z A string of Buddhist prayer flags snapped furiously in the wind. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “Uriah . . . you know, the Dauntless-born who was on our capture the flag team?” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “It’s not as heavy as all that. In fact, I find the exercise bracing, quite invigorating. A Fflam never flags!” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Anyone with a white handkerchief waved it, and white flags hung from every lamppost. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I live in a community that waves a white flag because we have almost given up. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Christina holds the flag up high, and everyone clusters around her, grabbing her arm to lift the flag even higher. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z What remained was to select the athletes worthy of carrying the American flag into the heart of the Nazi state. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Even the fittest of us were flagging now, and soon the hollows would catch up to us and we’d have to face them in the middle of the street. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z London is an absolute spectacle, crowds cramming the streets outside Buckingham Palace and all through the city, draped in Union Jacks and waving tiny flags over their heads. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I pledge allegiance to the flag of the great Republic of America, to our Elector Primo, to our glorious states, to unity against the Colonies, to our impending victory! Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Thirty-two states made it illegal to fly a red flag. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z There were no Nazi flags to welcome them here. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Our flag is behind her, a glowing triangle in the dark. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z And his father...his father would always be preoccupied with conquest—and wouldn’t stop until every continent bore Adarlan’s flag. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Their work boots and crew cuts said military to her, but they had no familiar identifying markers — no berets, no camouflage or flag emblems. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z That flag—it stood for Magna Carta, the Bill of Rights, Charles the First’s head upon a block, centuries of struggle for ‘English liberty.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I stuck our flag at the top and saluted it. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z There are no Greek flags or tourism posters. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Worsley manned the crow’s-nest with binoculars, a megaphone, and a flag, searching the ice pack for seals and then shouting and pointing out the seals to the hunters. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z So one corner might be the Dell group, another might be flying the flag of Microsoft. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z It was like a flag waved from a hilltop in rebellion. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z An American flag, stark and lonely against the violet sky, whipped back and forth on the brass flagpole. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z There was even a grey muslin flag hung at half-mast by the bent bough archway into our spot. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z James’s window was opposite his door, so Emily knew he’d see the antlers and flag when he walked into his room. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z One of the Ebgard girls dressed up as Victory, a huge flag wrapped around her like a toga. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z They still sing it there, the way American kids pledge allegiance to the flag. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Down the hill he could see the gray boys moving back, a few flags fluttering. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A large flag hung lank above the floor. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, with the formalities over, they joined the flag wavers up on deck. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He had memorized many of the flags from the old wrecks the ship breakers worked, the hulls painted with nation and merchant tags. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Before I can ask what a Night Brother is, Elsie holds up the sneakandle to show me her collection of magazine covers, centered around a small Mexican flag, stretching up to the ceiling. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z One of the Dauntless-born initiates touches Four’s shoulder and asks, “When your team won, where did you put the flag?” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “They almost broke. I could feel them breaking. I thought for a moment ... I saw our flags go up the hill . . . I almost thought ...” Longstreet said, “It wasn’t that close.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z In his home he hung Nazi flags in prominent locations and displayed airplane models of Messerschmitts and Junkers as well as an oil painting of Adolf Hitler and other memorabilia from the Third Reich. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “Hell, Wayne,” one told him, “you can’t get in a fight with the president at a time when the flags are waving.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Over the entrance, an American flag and a Nazi flag faced each other. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Other crates held British flags and pictures of the Queen. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Downtown, near a subway entrance, sat a semipermanent wooden booth decorated with bunting and pennants and flags manned by neatly dressed youth volunteers in paper hats. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The only American flags on display were those carried by the marchers. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z They had been under fire together, and as long as he lived Longstreet would never forget the sight of Pickett with the flag going over the wall in the smoke and flame of Chapultepec. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The Soviet flag was lowered over the Kremlin. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Harris clicked on the screen and Ladybird Hope appeared, wearing a red suit with a flag pin on the lapel. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z The boys dug hard and the American flag snapping on the foredeck of the Husky Clipper began to move past Duckworth, creeping halfway up the length of the British boat. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He saw a man raise a captured battle flag, blue flag of Virginia, and he turned from the sight. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I ripped down the silver silk flag from the tree and took off. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Because in addition to the parking lot full of vehicles with Confederate flag emblems on them, the looks coming at us from the people said vehicles belong to? Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z My companions helped me whenever my patience flagged and the pencil began to shake in my hand. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The trainer told him to demand that the start be made with a bell, not simply the traditional walk-up flag, and without assistant starters. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Lee sits astride his horse, painfully vulnerable to a sniper’s bullet despite his flag of truce. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z They would paddle quickly to Claiborne and flag down a boat. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The windows are shuttered tight and the square of front yard is littered with broken pottery and soiled flags. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Even though I knocked you down in capture the flag?” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Its blue and orange flag is already flying and the boiler beside it belches steam, bearing cheerful witness to the breakfast within. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z American and French flags fly from a hilltop at the center of the park. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Fighting and maneuvering continued for days, with Admiral Graves giving orders by signal flags that sailors raised aloft on his flagship. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The walkway was flagged in calculated disorder, hiding the cunning symmetry. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Leaves snapped in the breeze like little flags. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The Jehovah’s Witnesses held out, too, refusing to salute the Nazi flag even though it meant persecution. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z He froze for a moment, and listened with his flag. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z On deck, men were assembling to raise flags as a band played the national anthem, a Sunday morning tradition. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z “Couldn’t just let you hang there, so I took a risk. Come on, time to get their flag.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z We will all be faster than Eric’s team, which will probably be good for capture the flag—I haven’t played before, but I know it’s a game of speed rather than brute force. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “He kept flagging the dialogue in the manuscript and writing on the margins: ‘Do people actually say this?’ Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z An American flag identified the post office, a frame structure next to a drugstore that served also as the Western Union office. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z These mounds had been flagged as possible ruins for nearly a century but never excavated because they seemed to have no valuable gold or ceramic objects. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z David stares at Mr. Neck, looks at the flag for a minute, then picks up his books and walks out of the room. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Sohrab and I sat on the black leather sofa across the reception desk, next to a tall American flag. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She picked up the reindeer antlers and taped a paper towel to them, arranging the items to look like a white flag waving for a truce. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z As the last boats of our first wave reached the shore, Johnny watched from that flag bridge. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z When Garfield's train passed stations along the way, local people waved American flags and stood with their hats off in respect. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z He took a good look around before his eyes locked on the flag on the dresser. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z The final thing I remember seeing of Iwo Jima was the American flag still waving from the peak of Mount Suribachi as we sailed away. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z As we took our seats, I noticed the United States and Arkansas flags displayed in the front of the room. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z As we marched into Rio’s Maracana Stadium that evening, I ended up walking in the front line only a few feet away from Michael Phelps and the American flag. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z The cover features a guy proudly holding the flag of the United States in one hand and what must be the Puerto Rican flag in the other. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z Here the only official ritual is pledging allegiance first thing in the morning to the American flag. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Not till they flagged and the chant died away, did he speak. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z He had named the flag as a young man, when he received it as a gift, and flew it on his ship during the 1820s and 1830s. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z But the SS-HJ refused to drape their vehicles in white flags. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z At daybreak, in the crowd that was finally beginning to disperse, Alba glimpsed the unmistakable figure of Miguel shouting and waving a flag. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The detonator is a remote and it’s right here in my God Bless America crystal flag pin. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z I brush a bit of coriander off the flag on the cover. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z From each dome rose a needlelike spire, all of them snapping with swallowtail flags and interconnected by ribbons across which children ran laughing, clad in cloaks of colored feathers. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z It’s funny how quickly you can tell who’s there for you and who’s just trying to plant some sort of flag. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Above, the flags snapped like whips, and the crooning of the wind harmonized with the steady sound of human crying. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z The flag was run up and Beasts of England was sung a number of times, then the sheep who had been killed was given a solemn funeral, a hawthorn bush being planted on her grave. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z When the orange and blue flag goes up over the cookhouse for dinner, a handful of new Benzini Brothers employees join the lineup, identifiable by the red dinner tickets they clutch in their hands. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The walls were lined with battle flags and weapon displays: antique rifles, battle axes, and a bunch of other stuff. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z As the German flag bearer carried the swastika past him, he saluted and then touched his heart with his right hand, as Riefenstahl’s cameras rolled. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Five long chains of brightly colored prayer flags* were then strung radially from the pole above our tents to protect the camp from harm. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z If Maryland had seceded and become the twelfth star on the Confederate flag, the Union would have been in grave danger. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z On the winner’s stand, which was swathed in a huge American flag and crammed with suited dignitaries, Marcela smiled demurely for the lieutenant governor, who extended a huge silver loving cup. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Well, on that first day I got here, I stared up at that flag thinking, this is happening all over America. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Confederate flag license plates are everywhere in the South, but some of the bumper stickers were new to me. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z There it was at the bottom, with the same prison return address, the same flag stamp, and my name and address handwritten again. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z The man like a knot gave Baby Kochamma his red flag as a present. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The Travel Arena has always reminded me of the Museum of Natural History, except half as big and with international flags fixed along the edges of the dome. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The police station was a brick and glass building with an American flag cemented in the ground out front. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z When they raise the flag, we all rise. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z As I stand at the edge of the shore, I catch glimpses of their flags, the words written across their canoes—some are written in another language, the same language they must be singing in. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z She was all over the sidewalk, swerving and yanking every which way, the plastic bag handles flapping in the wind like white flags. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z For old time’s sake pneumonia made a token appearance, beat its head against the brick wall that evidently lined Amarante’s lungs, then waved a white flag and retreated. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of our technology permits us to deny its existence, and we maintain flickers of life for long stretches in one community of cells or another, as though we were keeping a flag flying. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z On the wall of his classroom hung two flags for the Utah State University Aggies. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “But the flag was gone. If you hadn’t butted in, we would’ve won.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Clem waves a fistful of pages over his head like he’s waving a flag. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z The flags seem to gloat, seem to goose-step triumphantly down the street. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z The man threw up red flags, but Wes had dealt to people like that before and gotten away with it. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z When the three of us turned to face our country’s flags as the American national anthem played, I’d placed one hand over my heart and held my bouquet behind me with the other hand. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z When the flag was presented to Mrs. Slater, she clutched it to her chest. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z I thought of the Prussian flag, a black eagle on a white background. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Booth saw the red, white, and blue flags, further confirmation of the president’s visit that night. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z As I made the long walk from my car to the entrance of the building that normally housed the county fair, I moved past vendors selling hot dogs, American flags, and T-shirts. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z "I'm usually up highest, so I'm the first to see the flag that signals quitting time. There's a special little song I do," says Rue. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z A checkered flag waves and our cars speed off, zipping down virtual city streets and jumping over police cars. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z From the top, the crimson flag with its white circle and black cross looks unexpectedly small. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Weeks before, there had been daffodils springing up among the old weeds, and fragrant hyacinths, and blue flags. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Ignatius flagged it down just as his mother, forgetting the disgrace of the shredded nightgown, ran down to the curb. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt it when he had to stop playing flag football because his body couldn’t take it. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Are there really flags in Chinatown signaling what stowaways have arrived in San Francisco Bay, their names, and which ships they came on? The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Didn’t he go up there and turn around and hang the American flag on it?” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Better be...GAY!!!!!!” *cue cheers and rainbow flag waving from Hudson of Gay House* What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z I bow my head respectfully to the Republic flags. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z “Why didn’t the Committee put big red flags on our passports?” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “And the fact that we’re raising a niece and nephew, that’s kind of a flag that we weren’t always middle class, just like saying you went to Berea College tells everyone you were poor.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Harry said nothing but suddenly, beaming, he began rummaging around in a box, pulled out a large American flag, tacked it on the wall above the radio, and stood back to admire it. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Reshevsky paced up and down, a few spectators waited patiently, and when the little red flag fell precisely at noon, the tournament director declared the game a forfeit. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Jam took a step closer to it, her good hand stretched out, the paleness of her palm like a cooling flag, the old bandage still a brown patch across it. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Next to Mom, Zion and Zarra’s mom waves a Jamaican flag. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z In a corner, the Puerto Rican seal, flanked by our flag and the Stars and Stripes, looked like a lamb on a platter. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The national flags of Nepal and South Africa, along with banners from Kodak, Apple Computer, and other sponsors, flew from a pair of tall aluminum flagpoles. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z I walked out onto the balcony and saw a boundless sea of people cheering, holding flags and banners, clapping, and laughing. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Holding the flag under one arm, he crossed the room and slipped his hand into hers. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z The new German asked him why he had stolen the flag. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z I took the flag from Arul and stood straight as a soldier, singing the national anthem. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Our team has charged, the other team runs to meet us, and the flag is almost unguarded. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z But the wine only served to rev her parents up like cars before a race, gunning at each other until someone waved a flag and vroom! Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z There were baby strollers decorated with American flags. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally a chevron of Impala jets left a smoke trail of the black, red, green, blue, white, and gold of the new South African flag. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Since Communists rallied around a red flag, the nickname “Reds” became attached to them, and the Red Scare got its name. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z “Mother, I heard some kids say there are flags like that. Are there? What colors are they? Which buildings do they fly from?” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Captain Nemo has planted his flag on the South Pole, but if he doesn’t move the submarine north soon, they will become trapped in ice. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Tía Inés is busy refilling the cups of toothpicks that are decorated with mini Cuban flags. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The next morning, the bakery is hung with flags and streamers and a Dixieland band is playing “When the Saints Go Marching In.” Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Now Tally was rushing toward the slalom flags, crouching as she drew closer. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The Japanese flag was balled up and pushed to one side and the rifle was gone. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It was the flag of the America to come—the postwar America, united and expanding. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z He’s found some neat stuff like old flags and broken furniture that looks like ninja weapons, but mostly he just finds food leftovers, cigarette ashes, and beer bottles. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z The bus came and we went down the hill to Tim Miller’s house, where the Confederate flag flew on a pole in the backyard, but he didn’t get on. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z She was waving one of the pink gloves as if it were a flag of surrender. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z The realization that the one person she most wanted to show the rebel flag cherub to, and laugh about it with, wasn’t there. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z The thin dog came to him and threshed itself in greeting like a windblown flag, and Kino looked down at it and didn’t see it. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z She picked up the reindeer antlers and taped a paper towel to them, arranging the items to look like a white flag waving for a truce. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “We could do signs or flags...tall ones!” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z One of his riding spurs snagged one of the flags that decorated the box. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Even the moist and uncomfortable creatures in the lunch pail ceased to exist, for the little red metal flag was up on the mail box, signifying that some postal matter was inside. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z The flag had seemed to her a most impressive piece of equipment. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Then that flag was down in the smoke, and Longstreet could no longer see, and the retreat began to flood by him. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z You may have noticed that some of the eighth notes in Figure 1.39 don't have flags; instead they have a beam connecting them to another eighth note. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z By the end of the Olympic Games, those same athletes left the stadium with a new flag and a new name: Zambia.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z I touch the charms on my bracelets—Star of David first, then flag, teacup, TARDIS. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “This is where we was before you flagged us down,” he said. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z A blur in the mist, an unfurled flag. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z We lowered the sail, the flag of our incompetence. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s glued a golden eagle to the top of the helmet—the kind of eagle you might see at the end of a flag post in a classroom. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Cain hooked his long rope around a leering gargoyle’s neck and swung across an expanse of flat wall, landing on a balcony ledge fifteen feet below the flag. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The following morning, as the smoke cleared, the city’s flag could once again be seen. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Peering closely at the cars, Yohan pointed to one with small flags on its hood. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z That evening—it was Saturday, the twenty-ninth of January—the Popper family and their twelve trained penguins, two of them carrying flags in their beaks, left the house to find the Palace Theater. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z Excited people in the stands, waving banners and flags. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z When she heard about the flag and statue she was angry, and only accepted them with deep reluctance. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Nothing terribly suspicious, but I flag the data anyway for future reference. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I think they are making fun of the Vietnamese flag until I remember no one here likely knows that flag’s colors. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z After the hoisting of the flag all the animals trooped into the big barn for a general assembly which was known as the Meeting. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Each tiny sign was perfectly formed, with little flags and short tails at the ends of each stroke, resting on invisible horizontal strings like pins perched on a clothesline. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I hold the Confederate flag to my face. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Tally twisted her body to bring the board under her and across, cutting around the next flag. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I was proud of the flag and I thought maybe today it was proud of me. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But I can’t stop my hands from shaking, and when I take my packet out to put it on my desk, it’s like a trembling white flag just trying to call attention to itself. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z I salute the flag every morning as I look at a picture on the homeroom wall directly in front of me. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The blue giant propped his white flag against a tree and began absently playing on the playground. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Nothing moved, not even the flag on the Gold Family’s flagpole or the spokes on the Birdbrain Family’s fake windmill. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z She also wanted a small British flag to fly atop her locks, but the hairdresser talked her out of it. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “What about a flag or a flare?” my mom said. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z She is still working on her food when Dell returns and flags down the waitress. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Down across the field there was a small farmhouse surrounded by horses, flags, many soldiers. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The words hung on the air, verbal flags of battle. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She probably wanted to make sure everyone could see the flag, and it worked great! The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Castro had flagged a page with a Post-it. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z For her burial, Anthony wore a black silk dress with a white lace collar, accented by a flag pin given to her by the women of Wyoming. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z There was a flag on the pole at the top. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Flying down either side of the room are Augurey flags—with the bird emblazoned in a fascistic manner. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z This isn’t quite as good, although it has its own song: In days of yore, from Britain’s shore, Wolfe, the dauntless hero, came And planted firm Britannia’s flag On Canada’s fair domain. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Not sharing something so personal to me with the guy I was dating should’ve been a red flag about how positive I felt about our future. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z But one evening when the boys stood in review, a superior leader spotted the new flag. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z It was larger than the other tents and an imperial flag flew from the cask in front of it. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z As he did, the linesman raised his flag: offside. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Inej thought of the Ferolind with its cheerful flags, and tried to hold that image in her head as she watched the peacock feather sink into her skin. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Others have flags hoisted in the air, waving in the wind. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z One day I passed Edith, the homeless woman who plays the accordion every day on the corner of Sutter and Stockton, and spotted an American flag sticker on the accordion case at her feet. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Celaena could only gape as the flag was ripped down, and Cain howled his triumph. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z One morning when Ishmael was eight years old a pair of surveyors had showed up with their transits and alidades and knotted red flagging everywhere. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Off in the distance, the Hindenburg, trailing an Olympic flag, droned over central Berlin in a lazy loop, then turned and slowly began to approach the stadium. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of...” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z The taxi stopped in front of the embassy and the driver pointed to the green, white, and blue flag to make sure that I was at the right place. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z On June 30, 1975, when North Vietnamese troops crashed through the gates of the presidential palace in Saigon and raised their flag above the city, Lyndon Johnson lay in a Texas cemetery. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He had in his hand one of those little red flags that switchmen use, which he waved on either side. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z When the SS spotted the flags, they stormed the building and dragged the men into the middle of the street and shot them as traitors. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The jeepney’s draped with strings of bright triangle flags, the American flag, and the Philippine flag with its vibrant yellow sun. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z An ambulance went past, then another cab with its flag down. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, the ultimate prize: a porcelain cherub holding a Confederate flag with “Heritage Not, Hate” painted beneath. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z “I picked the paint, the tiles. I hung the flag from the porch.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z She wrote out her confession in ink, and as noon drew near, her spirits flagged. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z He was waving a flag and I was carrying a pen. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z The Home Town Chronicle showed a picture of Mrs. Bigio on the front page, holding in one hand the American flag that had been draped over his casket, now folded into a triangle. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z There is nothing decorating the room apart from the Massachusetts state and American flags and an oil portrait of a judge. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He picked up speed, throwing his weight onto his huge front shoulders, crooked tail lifted behind him like a flag. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Do you know why we hang flags so far above our heads? The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z If you flag the book before you download the clue, you will earn double the points if you reach the book first. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z But the last one: the baby who trails her scent like a flag of surrender through your life when there will be no more coming after—oh, that’s love by a different name. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The only sounds were the idling engines and the flapping of the flag on the pole. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z There is a crucifix mounted on the wall, a flag of a cross draped over the lectern, and a few paintings of the Madonna and Child hanging in the back. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “I used to have a refrigerator box that I pretended was Fernlace. I made a flag and cut a door and everything.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Smoke from the stack had soiled the Greek flag. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He held a spinning flag that heralded the directions. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Mom gushed as I held it by the corner and waved it back and forth like a tiny white flag. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Each time a car drove past, she tried to flag it down. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The Blue Team carries the vote with capture the flag. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z On the stage, in front of a velvet curtain, were two flags: the Stars and Stripes and the unmistakable and portentous crimson Soviet banner with its hammer and sickle. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Almost half of our national flags exhibit astronomical symbols. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In return, all the little American flags and the handmade signs started bobbing up and down again. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Ms. Warner tells Mandy that our flag is in plain view. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The only colors come from the Republic flags and circular gold Republic seal hanging behind the room’s front altar, the portrait of our glorious Elector looming above them all. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z In the distance, I could see that two of the poolside recliners had been pulled out onto the golf course, near one of the flags marking a hole. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Why does a flag flutter in the wind rather than stand straight out? All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He could have called over a waitress, there are some of these, in identical black miniskirts with pompoms on their breasts, but they seem busy and hard to flag down. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z But if you remember my description of how Mount Suribachi was taken, you will realize that this flag was not the first one. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z In the days after, I watched the ridiculous pageantry of flags, the machismo of firemen, the overwrought slogans. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Declared books are flagged for all users to see, alerting every book sleuth to the hidden book that is now worth double points. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Don't let the lasso get fouled up with that flag. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z More swastika flags hatch overnight, and the next day they flutter like bright birds from balconies and windows everywhere. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z I was too far down the slope to see that flag, but some of the Marines farther up from me saw the Stars and Stripes go up and started shouting and celebrating. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The floor was flagged, and strewn with fresh green rushes. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Spurge gathered the flag close around him to keep himself warm. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z She’s a flag on a hilltop, showing us what can still be done: we too can be saved. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The animals would still assemble on Sunday mornings to salute the flag, sing Beasts of England, and receive their orders tor the week; but there would be no more debates. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Newspaper columns on usage are filled with apologies for “errors” like these, spotted by ombudsmen or managing editors who have trained themselves to flag them. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z I could just see the dark barrel poking out from the white silk of the flag. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z For all I could tell, the King's Court was going to be where I planted my flag. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z I stare at the broken flag in my palm. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z It was the saddest-looking flag I’d ever seen, standing in the corner, its stars and stripes drooping down as if they had never known a proud moment. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The American flag with accompanying pictures of Presidents Washington and Lincoln. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “My brother was on the winning team. They kept the flag at the carousel.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “The flag is that way,” I told her. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Nearby stood a table draped in an American flag, on top of which lay a blue and red velvet pillow supporting a telegraph key made of gold. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Studying the building, Louie spotted a small Nazi flag near the doors. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z She set it back in its place in front of the flag and medals and bottle with Ernie’s chipped tooth and, yes, the piece of broken wheel. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z It was quite a sight to see them, after Mr. Popper had the idea of training Louisa to hold a small American flag in her beak while she proudly led the solemn parades. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z A walk of broken random flags, speared by fresh coarse blades of grass, led to the broken stoop. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The oath of allegiance to the flag and the singing of “The Star-Spangled Banner” clinched it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The flag was whipping in the wind, and I could hear the white noise of traffic in the distance, but it was otherwise quiet, the cicadas and crickets silenced by the cold. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z But on May 1, 1919, with a number of the marchers carrying red flags, violence marked the parades in New York, in Cleveland, and in Boston, where a policeman was stabbed and killed. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z There were swallowtail flags snapping on the domes, and the sky was a mosaic of kites. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z For the full-month ceremony my husband had found two eggs, which we dyed red by boiling them with a flag. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The Blood Banner was a flag that was supposedly dipped in the blood of Herbert Norkus and other martyrs who had sacrificed their lives for the Nazi Party. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Like the flag of an unknown country, seen for an instant above a curve of hill. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Paul had ordered purple, white, and green flags, but some women objected, because those were the colors of the British suffragettes. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Navies sent messages to each other by flags, which were visible for miles when hoisted high above the ships. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z A stick stuck up from one corner of the basket, and, on it, like a sluggish flag stood six pretzels. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He pretended to jam a flag into the ground. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z The girls booed but the boys waved their arms like flags. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Blanca for a moment was in love with the figure standing alone on a bare platform with only the American and Puerto Rican flags keeping him company. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z “My aunt always brings this cake for our Fourth of July barbeque where she puts strawberries and blueberries on whipped cream to make an American flag,” Emily says. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Several times a day the four generals of the junta appeared on the screen, seated between the coat of arms and the flag, to announce various edicts: they were the new heroes of the nation. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z A Communist had cut a wisp of black paper into a hero with sleeves like butterflies’ wings and with tassels and flags, which fluttered when you breathed on him. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The rifle was wrapped up in the Japanese flag, right on top where Dad always kept it. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It was a soft yellow glow, rippling like a flag in the summer wind. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z A tattered American flag still flies atop a pole in the center of the camp. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Anglicans too went in for uttered miliury flags, and war memorials of other kinds. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “So the flag should be hanging straight down, like a rag on a pole.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z I stood in the school yard looking up at that flag and I felt something. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z “The flag is waving in the wind, right? It’s all rippled, kind of?” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z The does followed, their necks extended, their tails white flags in the darkness. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z As my charges waved their flags in approval, a gust of wind snaked down the street. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Republic flag stands are positioned at both ends of the curtain, and as we approach, I see that the curtain has a faint pattern of the flag on it as well. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z She pulled her arms from behind her back, producing two small plastic French flags and waving them enthusiastically. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z I didn’t feel like he was there or anything, but I still took one of Mom’s dumb little French flags and stuck it in the ground at the foot of his grave. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z The flag flapped on the bright grass and the trees. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Where an old Englishman ghost, sickled to a tree, was abrogated by a pair of two-egg twins—a Mobile Republic with a Puff who had planted a Marxist flag in the earth beside him. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The state of Virginia, on the other hand, hoisted the Jim Crow flag even higher. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The little flag was fastened to the end of that pipe and the pole was jabbed into the soft soil at the north rim of the crater. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The man with the flag turned his attention to her. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Through the sound of the shivering glass I could hear the “ting” of the gold, as some of the sovereigns fell on the flagging. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z “Do right,” Paul Ellis taught C.P., “support the police, salute the flag, and good things will happen to you.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “Sorry, yes. Noor. You know how she wore an American flag hijab?” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Anyway, it was a good place to set the flag. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The cookhouse couldn’t be more obvious—never mind the orange and blue flag, the boiler belching in the background, or the stream of people heading for it. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z He reached for the dresser, ran his hand across the medals and the flag. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z "And don't try to run away. I'll have you tracked down till your tongue hangs out like a red flag!" The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z Pretty soon, Addie and I are sitting across the desk from Mr. Kiley, who I notice is wearing a flag pin in his lapel. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z In front of it all, we put two scuttles of dusty coal and a faded half-furled Confederate flag, saved last year when Cold Sassy’s old wooden schoolhouse burned down. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The simplest-looking note, with no stems or flags, is a whole note. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z That night, after the sun had gone down, they used the canvas flag as a blanket. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z He saw red flags streaming back to the rear. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Behind them, and out of sight, the official starter suddenly emerged from his shelter, holding a flag aloft. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “I feel like I should have known or seen red flags, but when I have a game in the works, I can get...” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z And that the arms that held the flags and banners were knotted and hard. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Notice that each note has the same number of beams as it would have flags, even if it is connected to a different type of note. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z “Men,” he said, “it is exactly one hundred and thirty- eight years since the Marines fought in Tripoli and first raised an American flag over foreign soil.” Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The windows were shaded and the hoods decorated with flapping Gondwannan flags. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z He remembers the overheated dance hall from the entrance exams four years before: ladder nailed to the wall, crimson flag with its white circle and black cross below. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z A natural leader, Hans Scholl rose to command a squad of 150 Hitler Youth, earning the rank of Fähnleinführer, a leader of a patrol that has its own flag. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z He had completely forgotten that he was wearing the flag of the enemy, the sign of Ghohg, strapped around his neck. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Then the man himself appears, seated at his desk, a flag draped behind him, the fresh white rose gleaming in his lapel. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Rhiannon flags the waiter down, explains the predicament, and gets a nod. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z I quickly touch my favorite charms: Star of David on my left wrist, then Union Jack flag, teacup, and blue police box on my right. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z She asked me if I had checked the lock, but she mentioned nothing about the flag on the moon. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z The American flag flying merrily over the consulate. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z As I try to pull apart a red flag from a gray block, the flag breaks in my hand. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z They made Chess think more of military flags, as if some invading army had taken over and wanted everyone to know. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z It was a birdcage, dangling from the tower window like a flag in the wind, but inside the birdcage she could see a small and frightened Sunny. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z Everything looks sepia-toned except the flag, with its faded red stripes and blue field of stars. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z They provoked the Hitler Youth, often stealing flags from their camps. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z I still think of this flag as new, although they changed it long ago. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z It would be a plain green flag from now onwards. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z It is also not restricted to our time: Sumerian cylinder seals from the third millennium b.c. and Taoist flags in prerevolutionary China displayed constellations. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1957, Jim and the other football boys wore Marine uniforms and pretended to be raising the flag on Iwo Jima. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z And up at the very top there’s the flag? Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Sloops and cutters, brigs and barques, flagged with silks of red and blue and green. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z As I am writing this chapter, every few pages I see the green wiggly line of Microsoft Word’s grammar checker, and usually it flags an agreement error that slipped under my tree-spotting radar. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z To the left of the clock stood the flag of the United States, with all forty-eight stars brilliant against a navy field. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z I drew a swastika on her palm and the hammer and sickle on top of my hand, the Lithuanian flag shredded and falling in between. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z People had raised flags and put up clotheslines between them. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Physically she'd been stitched up more times than the original flag, but mentally nothing seemed to touch her. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z They stake everything on that moment, posing for photographs while planting the flag, casting themselves in bronze. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The leader then ordered the young flag bearer to hand over the flag. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z I felt proud to be representing my country, and I was glad that Neil and Buzz had planted an American flag on the moon. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z But now the arrows continue on, advancing toward other islands she’s never heard of—Iwo Jima, Okinawa—each flagged with the Rising Sun. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Then she intoned, as if she alone possessed this knowledge: “There is an American flag on the moon!” Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z It’s got steps that go up the front and a little flag flying from a pole out front. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z She saw deer in flight, white tails like flags. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The Hub is marked by an American flag fluttering fifty feet up in the air, and large black plastic letters above the door: MOBIUS. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z “Percy,” Chiron said quickly, “you and Thalia go down to the cabins. Inform the campers we’ll be playing capture the flag tomorrow evening.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z “Well, we’ve got to do something to celebrate. We haven’t got a flag, we can’t float Old Glory proudly out the window. So I’m going to wear this, as an emblem.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z As the tallest boy in the sixth grade, I was on the honor guard and was scheduled to carry the flag at the graduation exercises, an honor I almost missed because of God’s revenge. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Maybe you don’t even care about those flags anymore? Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z I remembered seeing his mother hang the service flag in their front window the very day Harvey left for camp. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Even today, in 1914, there’s not but one United States flag in the whole town. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Less than a mile from the entrance I saw a bear beside the road, and it ambled out as though to flag me down. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “A Titan wants to see you, under a flag of truce. He has a message from Kronos.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Mr. Toot Withers took his place, riding a high-stepping white stallion, and waving a sword in one hand and a big Confederate flag in the other. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Thousands more swastika flags hung in railroad stations. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The flag snapped wildly over his head for a moment. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z All the windows of the candy machine had red sold-out flags in them. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “Not with that white flag. Not a girl. There are others ahead. Follow this wall.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z James’s window was opposite his door, so Emily knew he’d see the antlers and flag when he walked into his room. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I waved it, like a flag of truce, once, twice...The breeze caught it, and I let go. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z “You know the one with the astronauts standing next to the American flag?” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z The flag that fluttered on the roof had grown limp and old. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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