How to Use the Pledge of Allegiance in a Sentence

the Pledge of Allegiance

noun phrase
  • Those start with the Pledge of Allegiance and a prayer.
    Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Apr. 2023
  • And on the flip side, all of the children knew how to say the Pledge of Allegiance in Spanish.
    Lori Rozsa, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2023
  • At seven, everyone stood, faced the flag, and said the Pledge of Allegiance.
    Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2023
  • The general session opened with a prayer after the Pledge of Allegiance.
    Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2024
  • Lucinda was kicked out of school for refusing to say the Pledge of Allegiance.
    Stephen L. Betts, Rolling Stone, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Recorded over a prison phone line, the national anthem sounds more like a dirge than celebration and is overlaid with Trump reciting the Pledge of Allegiance.
    BostonGlobe.com, 21 Apr. 2023
  • In early 2023, Trump allies began producing a track of the inmates singing the national anthem, mixed with a recording of Trump reciting the Pledge of Allegiance.
    Josh Dawsey, Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2024
  • Officials in Spano's town got deluged in 2018, when Trump tweeted critically about its city council's decision to stop saying the Pledge of Allegiance at the start of its meetings.
    Nicholas Riccardi, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2023
  • That was followed by her refusal to recite the Pledge of Allegiance, which resulted in an indefinite suspension.
    Stephen L. Betts, Rolling Stone, 24 Apr. 2023
  • The ceremony will include a flyover, a recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance, a bagpipes rendition of Amazing Grace, a wreath laying, rifle salute and speeches, officials said.
    Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 2 May 2023
  • In one of the trailer’s most chilling moments, the president recites the Pledge of Allegiance while tanks and bombs demolish entire buildings with no regard for the sky-rocketing casualties.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 13 Dec. 2023

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