Below you will find example sentences with "national flag". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
National Flag in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: flag
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 11
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 27.5 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 5 start, 10 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "national flag" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 27.5 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as as the national flag, a confederate national flag, flower, anthem and used stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with national park, national hurricane, national weather, american flag and red flag, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with national flag
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
This flag, however, was never adopted as a Confederate national flag. (11 words)
They raised what they called the Puerto Rican flag, which was adopted as the national flag. (16 words)
Servicemen and volunteers hold a large Russian flag marking national flag day at Victory Park in Moscow. (17 words)
National symbols Aside from the national flag, the orchid, reportedly Puyi's favorite flower, became the royal flower of the country, similar to the chrysanthemum in Japan. citation The sorghum flower also became a national flower by decree in April 1933. (41 words)
On the day of celebration of the 30th anniversary of the independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan, a solemn ceremony of raising the flag of Kazakhstan was held in the memorial complex of the Argentine national flag in Rosario. (39 words)
His Admiralty Seal had seven red stripes; citation whereas, his second U.S. Seal proposal had seven white ones. citation Hopkinson's flag for the Navy is the one that the Nation preferred as the national flag. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
The Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971 prohibits the desecration of or insult to the country’s national symbols, including the national flag, the Constitution, the National Anthem and Map of India.
File photo of soldiers lowering the national flag at a daily flag ceremony in Taipei, Taiwan on July 30, 2022.
Former Governor Aminu Masari who was part of the dignitaries at the event presented a symbol of authority to the new governor which contains the national flag and police flag.
On the day of celebration of the 30th anniversary of the independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan, a solemn ceremony of raising the flag of Kazakhstan was held in the memorial complex of the Argentine national flag in Rosario.
Servicemen and volunteers hold a large Russian flag marking national flag day at Victory Park in Moscow.
New Olympics Minister Seiko Hashimoto dismissed calls from South Korea for the flag, which is Japan's national flag and still used in Japanese society, to be banned.
The protocol mandates unfurling both the national flag as well as the State flag at all public events.
A general rule is that the national flag should be flown in the position of honour, and not in an inferior position to any other flag (although some countries make an exception for royal standards).
Apart from being the national flag, it is also used officially in Republika Srpska (by Bosnian Serbs) and as the official ethnic flag of Croatian Serbs.
His Admiralty Seal had seven red stripes; citation whereas, his second U.S. Seal proposal had seven white ones. citation Hopkinson's flag for the Navy is the one that the Nation preferred as the national flag.
In practice, many countries (such as the United States and the United Kingdom ) have identical flags for these three purposes; national flag is sometimes used as a vexillological term to refer to such a three-purpose flag ( ).
The Five-Striped Flag was adopted as the national flag, and the Republic of China viewed itself as a single state encompassing all five regions handed down by the Qing Dynasty.
They raised what they called the Puerto Rican flag, which was adopted as the national flag.
This flag, however, was never adopted as a Confederate national flag.
Russian national flags, American national flags, and a Finnish national flag fly outside the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, on July 16, 2018.
National symbols Aside from the national flag, the orchid, reportedly Puyi's favorite flower, became the royal flower of the country, similar to the chrysanthemum in Japan. citation The sorghum flower also became a national flower by decree in April 1933.
Sinn Fein supporters hold a national flag as votes are counted in Ireland's national election, in Dublin, on Feb 9, 2020.
There is no reverential mass reading of the of the Constitution, no waving of the national flag as an icon of equal citizenship, no claiming of the national anthem as a hymn of protest.
He also emphasised that issues concerning the national anthem or even national flag, should not be politicised.
According to the association’s statement, displaying the national flag in mosques “further strengthens the understanding of national and civic ideals, and promotes the spirit of patriotism among Muslims of all ethnic groups”.