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
• Eighteen rising kindergartners, hands over hearts, recited the Pledge of Allegiance.
  — Washington Post, 3 July 2024
• 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
• Trump’s rallies sometimes start with a rendition of the national anthem and the Pledge of Allegiance featuring his voice alongside inmates charged in the riot, including some convicted of assaulting police.
  — Josh Dawsey, Washington Post, 16 July 2024

Last Updated: 23 Oct 2024