white flag
noun
1
: a flag of plain white used as a flag of truce or as a token of surrender
2
: a token of weakness or yielding
Examples of white flag in a Sentence
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Mutiny hoists the white flag Mutiny Scratch Kitchen & Fresh Bar is closing in Elkridge, three months after shutting another location in Pasadena.
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Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 31 Jan. 2024
Nurse waved the white flag with more than four minutes left in the third quarter, emptying his bench, removing every starter but Embiid, still several points away from his 22nd consecutive 30-point game — the fifth-longest streak in NBA history.
—Gregg Doyel, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Jan. 2024
Sirianni waved the white flag and pulled his starters.
—Dan Gelston, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2024
The Kings waved the white flag when Colby Jones, Mason Jones, Kessler Edwards and JaVale McGee entered the game with their team trailing 114-85 with 5:29 to go.
—Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 27 Mar. 2024
The three hostages who were accidentally shot dead by Israeli forces inside Gaza were holding a makeshift white flag when they were killed, a senior Israeli military official said Saturday.
—Bryan Pietsch, Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2023
Clifford, however, has zero plans to just toss out lineups that essentially waive the white flag before tipoff.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 4 Mar. 2024
All five Nuggets starters were in double digits through three quarters before Brown waved the white flag.
—Chris Biderman, Sacramento Bee, 29 Feb. 2024
The men were holding a makeshift white flag when they were shot, the military said.
—Eric Schmitt, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2023
Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 31 Jan. 2024
Nurse waved the white flag with more than four minutes left in the third quarter, emptying his bench, removing every starter but Embiid, still several points away from his 22nd consecutive 30-point game — the fifth-longest streak in NBA history.
—Gregg Doyel, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Jan. 2024
Sirianni waved the white flag and pulled his starters.
—Dan Gelston, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2024
The Kings waved the white flag when Colby Jones, Mason Jones, Kessler Edwards and JaVale McGee entered the game with their team trailing 114-85 with 5:29 to go.
—Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 27 Mar. 2024
The three hostages who were accidentally shot dead by Israeli forces inside Gaza were holding a makeshift white flag when they were killed, a senior Israeli military official said Saturday.
—Bryan Pietsch, Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2023
Clifford, however, has zero plans to just toss out lineups that essentially waive the white flag before tipoff.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 4 Mar. 2024
All five Nuggets starters were in double digits through three quarters before Brown waved the white flag.
—Chris Biderman, Sacramento Bee, 29 Feb. 2024
The men were holding a makeshift white flag when they were shot, the military said.
—Eric Schmitt, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2023
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