How to Use national anthem in a Sentence

national anthem

noun
  • The city will raise a 60-foot flag with an honor guard and the singing of the national anthem.
    Kari Barnett, Sun Sentinel, 27 June 2024
  • The mic wasn’t on to start the national anthem and the flyover was about 20 seconds late.
    Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 15 Sep. 2024
  • The 10-year-old has performed the national anthem at NFL games.
    Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Who's singing the national anthem at the 2024 Super Bowl?
    Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2024
  • One of Putin’s first acts in office was to change the melody of the Russian national anthem back to the Soviet one.
    Simon Shuster, TIME, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Key saw it and wrote a poem that became the national anthem.
    Christina Ruffini, CBS News, 4 July 2023
  • That honor, not in a good way, belonged to LSU, when the team did not appear on the court during the national anthem.
    Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 2 Apr. 2024
  • Prior to the match, Becky G performed the national anthem.
    Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 22 July 2023
  • Yes, Ware is going to sing the national anthem before a game.
    Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 3 Aug. 2023
  • But crowds instead took to the streets of the capital and sang the national anthem to celebrate the coup attempt.
    Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Wynonna Judd will be singing the national anthem at the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby.
    Katie Wiseman, The Courier-Journal, 4 May 2024
  • The podium, of course, is a reference to the podium at the Olympics, where the gold, silver, and bronze medalists stand as a national anthem plays.
    Byallie Garfinkle, Fortune, 6 June 2024
  • It was met with shouts of protest from Israel supporters who lined the streets and sang the country’s national anthem.
    WSJ, 8 Oct. 2023
  • So will the Indy 500’s national anthem singer, Jordin Sparks.
    Jessica Testa, New York Times, 23 May 2024
  • They are forced to sing the Russian national anthem every week.
    David Lewis, Foreign Affairs, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Her last two public appearances were singing the national anthem for the Chicago Cubs and White Sox in 1978.
    Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Dec. 2023
  • The program includes taps, raising of the flag, the national anthem, prayers, speakers and the reading of names of past veterans.
    Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2024
  • May 4 to see Wynonna Judd perform the national anthem ahead of the Kentucky Derby.
    Tricia Despres, Peoplemag, 3 May 2024
  • At some point during the day, a pre-recorded version of the national anthem will blare from speakers and an honor guard will fire guns in salute.
    Georgea Kovanis, Detroit Free Press, 5 July 2024
  • Brian Rose will kick the concert off with his rendition of the national anthem.
    Marcus D. Smith, Sacramento Bee, 14 May 2024
  • Tammy Shuldt, a co-owner of Billiard Palace, sang the national anthem.
    Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Apr. 2023
  • Lansing’s most vivid memory of the game was racing around town before kickoff to find the right green tea for Cher, who sang the national anthem.
    Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 15 Jan. 2024
  • After the grid is cleared, the French national anthem plays as thousands joyously sing along.
    Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 12 June 2023
  • Kaepernick made headlines for kneeling during the national anthem as a form of protest.
    Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner, 15 Oct. 2023
  • What is the reason for men removing their hats during the national anthem?
    Miss Manners | Judith Martin, Anchorage Daily News, 4 July 2023
  • By the time the national anthem was sung, a crowd of more than three thousand people had filled the bleachers and official campaign signs had arrived.
    Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 24 July 2024
  • The principal of his school asked him to sing the national anthem on the intercom for the school one day and posted the video online with his mother's permission.
    Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Confession: Your intrepid reporter has a soft spot for Perez, and not just because of his take this week on the Venezuelan national anthem.
    Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Kane, on the Ratu tribe, performed a decent version of Canada’s national anthem.
    Erica Thompson, The Enquirer, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Entertainment Weekly can confirm that Gomez did not perform the national anthem at the game, but based on the photos fans were more than happy just to have her there.
    Shania Russell, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2024

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