How to Use half-staff in a Sentence

half-staff

noun

• Why do flags fly at half-staff?
  — Jenny Porter Tilley, IndyStar, 20 Feb. 2026
• Where will flags be at half-staff?
  — Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 11 Sep. 2025
• Why are flags flown at half-staff?
  — Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 11 Sep. 2025
• When are flags flown at half-staff?
  — Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 23 Feb. 2026
• How long will flags be at half-staff?
  — Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 11 Sep. 2025
• How long will flags be at half-staff in Iowa?
  — Lucia Cheng, Des Moines Register, 5 Mar. 2026
• Why are flags at half-staff today?
  — Lucia Cheng, Des Moines Register, 5 Mar. 2026
• Elsewhere ashore, flags are flown at half-staff.
  — Joyce Orlando, Nashville Tennessean, 28 Aug. 2025
• When have flags been flown at half-staff before?
  — James Powel, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
• Flags in the country will be flown at half-staff for five days.
  — Jared Gans, The Hill, 2 Jan. 2026
• When are flags flown at half-staff in the US?
  — Laura Daniella Sepulveda, AZCentral.com, 25 May 2026
• Flags across the state of Kansas flew at half-staff.
  — Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 12 Aug. 2025
• The term half-staff is used for flags on land, while half-mast refers to flags on ships.
  — Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 7 Dec. 2025
• Half-mast refers to flags flown on ships, while half-staff is used for flags flown on land.
  — Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 7 Dec. 2024
• The flag was half-staff at the state Capitol building.
  — Sacbee.com, 12 Sep. 2025
• How long will flags be at half-staff in Wisconsin?
  — Cailey Gleeson, jsonline.com, 17 Nov. 2025
• When and why does the American flag fly at half-staff?
  — Darleene Powells, Boston Herald, 10 June 2026
• In Dauphin, where most of the bus riders are from, flags were flown at half-staff.
  — Rob Gillies, ajc, 16 June 2023
• Where will flags be at half-staff in Wisconsin?
  — Cailey Gleeson, jsonline.com, 17 Nov. 2025
• What is flag protocol for raising a flag half-mast or half-staff?
  — Chris Sims, The Courier-Journal, 14 May 2024
• The president ordered all flags flown at half-staff for a week.
  — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2026
• The college’s flag will be flown at half-staff this week in his memory.
  — Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2023
• Several states flew flags at half-staff in his honor.
  — Sophia Tareen, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
• Flags will be flown at half-staff across the state this week to honor the lives lost in the attack.
  — CBS News, 30 Dec. 2025
• Where are flags half-staff in Wisconsin?
  — Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 4 Oct. 2025
• What is the difference between half-staff and half-mast?
  — Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 11 Sep. 2025
• What is the difference between half-mast and half-staff?
  — Laura Daniella Sepulveda, AZCentral.com, 25 May 2026
• Thoughts and prayers and flags ordered to be hung at half-staff, none of which is doing a damned thing.
  — Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
• Flags will be at half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Friday.
  — Caden Perry, jsonline.com, 11 Sep. 2026
• Trump has ordered flags to be flown at half-staff until Sunday.
  — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 27 Aug. 2025