How to Use white flag in a Sentence

white flag

noun

• When the moon swept across the night sky, up went my white flag.
  — cleveland, 11 May 2021
• Once again, Woody waves the white flag, not just once but twice.
  — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 3 Mar. 2021
• Williams got under Pitkat, and the pair came to the white flag side-by-side.
  — Shawn Courchesne, courant.com, 1 Sep. 2019
• This white sheet, this white flag, a shroud instead of the sun?
  — Abe Beame, Vulture, 5 Jan. 2024
• Still, Levinson isn’t ready to wave the white flag just yet.
  — Rainer Sabin, Detroit Free Press, 30 Oct. 2020
• At the first sign of adversity, the Dawgs waved the white flag.
  — Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Jan. 2023
• If not for Mobley, USC might’ve waved the white flag right then.
  — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2021
• This isn’t to suggest the Padres simply wave a white flag.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2019
• In the rehearsal space in London, a red and white flag hangs in the window.
  — Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2021
• Gregg Popovich waved the white flag midway through the third quarter.
  — Andrew Sharp, SI.com, 28 Mar. 2018
• Across the pond, a few days later, a woman waved a white flag.
  — Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2020
• And then the buck bounded away, the white flag of its tail receding through the brush.
  — New York Times, 31 Mar. 2020
• Paul George scored 32 points, eight after the Clippers seemed to wave the white flag.
  — Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press, 27 Dec. 2022
• Newman, who held the lead as the field took the white flag, got turned while racing for the win, and his No.
  — Michelle R. Martinelli, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2020
• So there were the drivers with the white flag being waved, pulling off the track into the pits.
  — Jeff Jacobs, courant.com, 24 Sep. 2017
• In the eyes of many, Boston had waved the white flag of defeat and simply quit.
  — New York Times, 15 Oct. 2021
• Elliott had it, the first win in 70 career Cup starts in his sight, the white flag about to drop.
  — USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2017
• Williams kept with Bonsignore at the restart and tucked in behind him coming to the white flag.
  — courant.com, 8 Apr. 2018
• Landen Lewis led at the white flag but couldn’t hold off Reif on the final lap.
  — Cole Cusumano, The Arizona Republic, 11 Mar. 2023
• The white flag soon signaled the last lap lay ahead and Bell seamlessly held on for the win.
  — Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 23 Feb. 2021
• Nearby, a white flag fluttered in the breeze under a Haitian flag in a sign of peace.
  — MartÍn Adames AlcÁntara and DÁnica Coto The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2023
• Don’t be shocked if the Raiders come out of the tunnel at the Linc Monday night waving a white flag.
  — Philly.com Staff, Philly.com, 22 Dec. 2017
• Just like the former white-red-white flag, replaced by Lukashenko in 1995.
  — Fernando Ramirez, Houston Chronicle, 26 Apr. 2018
• The Spanish phenom didn’t put a foot wrong all day but was just in the wrong place at the wrong time when the white flag waved.
  — Rob Peeters, The Indianapolis Star, 30 May 2021
• That is when Trump raised the white flag and the two sides began a multi-layered truce.
  — Ken Silverstein, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2021
• The men were holding a makeshift white flag when they were shot, the military said.
  — Eric Schmitt, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2023
• Such calls amount to a white flag of surrender from the central bank.
  — Alexander William Salter, National Review, 12 Oct. 2020
• These aren’t last year’s Beavers, who put up the white flag any time an opponent chose to run the ball.
  — oregonlive, 30 Nov. 2019
• This hatred is yet another reason why the West cannot afford to wave the white flag.
  — Dmytro Kuleba, Foreign Affairs, 17 June 2022
• Is Kanye West waving his white flag to the music industry?
  — Njera Perkins, Peoplemag, 10 July 2024

Last Updated: 24 Oct 2024