How to Use half-mast in a Sentence

half-mast

noun

• And thoughts and prayers are just flags flying at half-mast.
  — Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 1 Apr. 2023
• What's the difference between half-mast and half-staff?
  — Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 11 Apr. 2023
• Flags around the city are flying at half-mast to mark three days of national mourning announced by the monarchy.
  — Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 10 Sep. 2023
• In San Diego flags were lowered to half-mast as residents expressed their sadness and grief.
  — Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2023
• Within moments, her long neck drooped and her eyelids fluttered at half-mast.
  — Jan Hoffman, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2023
• But the picture of a British flag at half-mast shared in the Instagram post is unrelated to the situation with the princess.
  — Hannah Hudnall, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2024
• Put your Margaritaville crocs on at half-mast, and unwind.
  — Vulture, 4 Sep. 2023
• Half-staff is the preferred form of reference in presidential decrees while half-mast is used outside of the U.S.
  — Steven Martinez, Journal Sentinel, 26 May 2023
• The governor has ordered that flags be flown at half-mast across Minnesota on Monday in honor of the victims.
  — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 18 Feb. 2024
• Flags across the country will fly at half-mast on Sunday on a national day of reflection.
  — Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 20 Dec. 2025
• The American flag was at half-mast.
  — Karan Mahajan, New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2025