Examples of flagpole in a Sentence
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In a related attack, someone hit another police officer in the head with a flagpole, severely cutting the officer’s ear, according to a police report.
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Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2023
Upon arrival, officers found a male victim with a flagpole through his head.
—Bradford Betz, Fox News, 3 Aug. 2023
She was also accused of screaming vulgar and misogynistic threats about Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and was charged with pushing police, and at one point, using a flagpole to push one officer.
—Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 14 July 2023
On Thursday, the website listed him as being incarcerated at the low-security federal prison in Forrest City.
Stager, 44, used a flagpole, with an American flag attached, to beat a police officer who was face down on the Capitol steps.
—Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 8 Sep. 2023
The locations are Little League Park, concession stand building (facing Field #1); Northgate Park pavilion; Veterans Memorial Park concession stand building (facing flagpole/playground); and Schwartz Road Park concession stand building (facing parking lot).
—Jshortavon, cleveland, 2 Sep. 2023
Currently, flights to and from the airport are suspended between dusk and dawn because of the flagpole, the complaint states.
—Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 July 2023
Browne will lead kids from Charlestown youth organizations in making their own nautical flags to be rotated on a flagpole at the lot.
—Nicole Kagan, BostonGlobe.com, 9 June 2023
The flagpole stands in Erda, approximately 1,260 feet — about four football fields — from Tooele Valley Airport’s only runway.
—Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 July 2023
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Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2023
Upon arrival, officers found a male victim with a flagpole through his head.
—Bradford Betz, Fox News, 3 Aug. 2023
She was also accused of screaming vulgar and misogynistic threats about Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and was charged with pushing police, and at one point, using a flagpole to push one officer.
—Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 14 July 2023
On Thursday, the website listed him as being incarcerated at the low-security federal prison in Forrest City.
Stager, 44, used a flagpole, with an American flag attached, to beat a police officer who was face down on the Capitol steps.
—Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 8 Sep. 2023
The locations are Little League Park, concession stand building (facing Field #1); Northgate Park pavilion; Veterans Memorial Park concession stand building (facing flagpole/playground); and Schwartz Road Park concession stand building (facing parking lot).
—Jshortavon, cleveland, 2 Sep. 2023
Currently, flights to and from the airport are suspended between dusk and dawn because of the flagpole, the complaint states.
—Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 July 2023
Browne will lead kids from Charlestown youth organizations in making their own nautical flags to be rotated on a flagpole at the lot.
—Nicole Kagan, BostonGlobe.com, 9 June 2023
The flagpole stands in Erda, approximately 1,260 feet — about four football fields — from Tooele Valley Airport’s only runway.
—Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 July 2023
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First Known Use
1854, in the meaning defined above
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“Flagpole.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flagpole. Accessed 1 Oct. 2023.
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flagpole
noun
flag·pole
ˈflag-ˌpōl 
: a pole from which a flag flies
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