How to Use insignia in a Sentence

insignia

noun
  • Their jackets have the school's insignia on the front.
  • Some of the images showed the tail end of a jet with the U.S. Air Force insignia.
    Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 27 Jan. 2020
  • And the two new parking spots with the bright green EV insignia.
    Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 30 June 2022
  • The Windsor Castle insignia was stamped at the top of the letter.
    Fox News, 4 Jan. 2022
  • The Ironbirds insignia sits on the left sleeve, while the Maryland flag covered the right side.
    Chris Jeter, The Aegis, 12 Aug. 2017
  • The wings with Balkenkreuz—the German cross insignia—are stored nearby.
    David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Oct. 2020
  • The mother and daughter smiled as the Prince of Wales pinned on the insignias and spoke about what the recognition meant.
    Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 21 Feb. 2024
  • The caller ID on Fury's dropped phone showed no name, just a bright flash of blue, red, and gold with a white insignia.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 18 Sep. 2018
  • And the meatball is still there too, still the official insignia for NASA.
    Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Police said the knife sheath was made of tan leather with U.S. Marine Corps insignia.
    Suryatapa Bhattacharya, WSJ, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Men have worn the Proud Boys insignia and have flown the Confederate flag.
    Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2022
  • It was adorned with a gold insignia on a rear passenger door.
    Chun Han Wong, WSJ, 10 May 2018
  • The fact that Meghan and her dad Thomas Markle Sr. get their very own insignia is a special gift indeed.
    Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 28 Mar. 2018
  • Amid the crowd, the signs varied from far-right insignia to the rainbow flags of the LGBT community.
    Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 22 Nov. 2021
  • Hybrid warfare is not about green men with a lack of insignia.
    David Filipov, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2017
  • An insignia on his right sleeve shows a U.S. flag as a badge dangles from his left pocket.
    Stephanie Pagones, Fox News, 4 Jan. 2023
  • The release of the Queen Consort's insignia follows that of her husband.
    Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 7 Nov. 2022
  • This is the only unit with such imagery, and because the unit is part of the 509th, the air wing's insignia features a mushroom cloud as well.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 25 June 2018
  • The freelancer said the man was wearing a hat bearing the insignia of Patriot Prayer.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 Aug. 2020
  • There is no sign over the entrance, but rather a brass plaque with an insignia resembling the adult Simba.
    Abby Ellin, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2017
  • It is adorned with the Marine Corps globe-and-anchor insignia and has an ornate metal clasp.
    The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 31 Jan. 2018
  • She was surrounded by fellow trainees clad in chef’s coats that bore their names and rank insignia.
    Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News, 13 Dec. 2021
  • David’s windbreaker features an owl insignia, the symbol of the club.
    Joshua Kaplan, ProPublica, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Strangers noticed their wish trip insignia and stopped to say hello, some surprised that Give Kids was open again.
    Gabrielle Russon, orlandosentinel.com, 26 Feb. 2021
  • Also note that similar laws are on the book for unauthorized use of the Swiss flag, the 4-H club emblem, and the Red Cross insignia.
    Shelley Puhak, Teen Vogue, 28 June 2018
  • Welsh fans, resplendent in their dragon insignia, and the Dutch, all in orange.
    Sarah Lyall, New York Times, 22 Nov. 2022
  • And every Stoke player had bet365’s insignia emblazoned on the front of his shirt.
    New York Times, 26 Mar. 2021
  • In the passenger seat of his car was an M-16 rifle with Israeli army insignia.
    Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2022
  • The flag should never have any design, drawing of any nature, figure, insignia, letter, mark, picture or word placed upon it.
    John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 2 July 2024
  • Iconography has always been a key part of biker gangs, biker culture and biker movies: the shock-the-squares signifiers (swastikas, iron crosses), the identifying insignias, the leather jackets and cuffed jeans.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2024

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