(n.) A kind of flag attached to a spear or pike by a crosspiece, and used by a chief as his standard in battle.
(n.) A large piece of silk or other cloth, with a device or motto, extended on a crosspiece, and borne in a procession, or suspended in some conspicuous place.
(n.) Any flag or standard; as, the star-spangled banner.
Example Sentences:
(1) There is a picture, drawn by Polish cartoonist Marek Raczkowski: a crowd of people demonstrating in the street, carrying aloft a big banner that simply reads "FUUUCK!''.
(2) Yellow signs swing from lampposts urging citizens to “hold high the great banner of national unity”.
(3) We are saying enough is enough.” Hundreds of protesters appeared to have joined the march, carrying banners that said “adalet” or “justice” as they set out on the 280 mile (450km) trek that will take them to Maltepe prison, where Enis Berberoğlu has been incarcerated.
(4) At the front of the march was Lee Cheuk-yan, a former lawmaker of 20 years, carrying a banner calling for Liu’s spirit to inspire people.
(5) Muslim Engagement and Development (MEND), an outfit that previously operated under the banner of iEngage until controversy forced a rebrand , has decided that the worst it can say about Tell MAMA, the best means it can find of turning it into a satanic organisation, is to say that it associates with gays and Jews.
(6) The chancellor also said that the sometimes bewildering array of initiatives already in existence for small firms would be streamlined under the banner of UK Finance for Growth, which will oversee the existing £4bn of schemes.
(7) Protesters waved banners with slogans such as “Special relationship, just say no” and “Nasty women unite”.
(8) We need to show the reality we are living in.” The protesters carried banners, proclaiming: “Obama’s trip to Cuba isn’t for fun.
(9) Then, in English, a simple statement that has come to define a Japanese summer of public discontent, the likes of which it has not seen in a generation: “This is what democracy looks like!” Amid the trade union and civic group banners were colourful, bilingual placards held aloft by a new generation of activists who have assumed the mantle of mass protest as Japan braces for the biggest shift in its defence posture for 70 years.
(10) He doesn’t, he said, feel comfortable under that banner.
(11) The rally – reminiscent of the Occupy-style rallies that started in 2011 – started outside the FCC’s Washington headquarters at noon with protesters from Fight For the Future, Popular Resistance and others unfurling banners reading “Save the Internet”.
(12) The volume went up and there was the banner – ‘Georgie … Simply the Best’.
(13) Earlier, they had shouted Allahu Akbar (God is great) and waved banners that read "Uniting to defend the name of Allah".
(14) Under a grey morning sky, survivors and the families of victims of the many war crimes of the conflict, assembled on a patch of grass outside the tribunal with banners and photographs of the dead.
(15) While gothic grandeur fills the windows, the walls are plastered with pop memorabilia and personal paraphernalia: tributes, affectionate caricatures; a Who poster signed by Roger Daltrey; a Queens Park Rangers banner and, relegated to the top of a bookcase, a ministerial red box from the Home Office.
(16) Others are taking the rally at face value and planning to turn up with banners proclaiming themselves part of the reasonable majority, liberal or conservative, against the particular brand of insanity that has swept America since Barack Obama entered the White House.
(17) read one banner, against the woman whose family is reviled for taking tasty slices of state business and contracts, and plundering Tunisia's wealth.
(18) Facebook Twitter Pinterest The parents of the Italian student Giulio Regeni hold a banner reading ‘Truth for Giulio Regeni’ during a press conference at the Italian Senate last week.
(19) In London, Trafalgar Square and Whitehall were jammed from the start of the planned "go slow" at 2pm, as thousands of black cabs gathered honking their horns, bringing total gridlock to the centre of the capital, while supporters waved banners and started occasionally chanting: "Boris, out!"
(20) Witnesses said youths in the northern city of Kano were setting fire to homes displaying the banners of Jonathan's People's Democratic party.
Marquee
Definition:
(n.) A large field tent; esp., one adapted to the use of an officer of high rank.
Example Sentences:
(1) It's still going to be one of the marquee companies of the US and the world."
(2) The marquee event on Thursday, considering recent off the court events, was the sixth game between the Los Angeles Clippers.
(3) Heselden's only reservation about the ceremony, said David Robinson, would have been the time it took 30 or more staff to wrestle with erecting the marquee.
(4) Hemingway’s daughter, Corey, is in a marquee at the back of the site, painting a teddy bear onto some MDF, in the pursuit of a Teddy Boy pun that either doesn’t work, or I don’t get, but it looks great.
(5) Filmed in a marquee in the grounds of Harptree Court in Somerset, and making unlikely TV stars out of judges Paul Hollywood and Mary Berry, Bake Off (as it is known to its fans) is made by the independent production company Love Productions.
(6) When the first exit polls flashed up on the big screen in the same marquee at 7pm local time on Sunday, there were as many reporters, photographers and cameramen as there were party supporters.
(7) Beyond the live coverage, which will be in fixed time slots, including a live game at the Saturday 12.30pm ET time slot on NBC itself (in order to build a consistent presence), there will be a whole raft of secondary programming and content, including a half hour goals show on Sundays, a two hour Saturday highlights show, "Match of the Day", modeled on the BBC show, and cut-down games from marquee teams such as the two Manchester sides, Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Tottenham, in distinct Monday and Tuesday night programmes.
(8) Krul still needed to brilliantly save Danny Drinkwater’s shot but Pardew’s decision to start Obertan and once again omit Rémy Cabella, his £12m marquee summer signing from Montpellier, had been vindicated.
(9) Poyet’s quest for that hitherto elusive league win involved dropping both Jack Rodwell, his marquee summer signing, and Adam Johnson to the bench.
(10) The marquee part of the Affordable Care Act went live yesterday as millions went online to browse health insurance options and begin signing up.
(11) It was a strange purchase considering that Cano is not the kind of player that puts a wild amount of fannies in the seats - he’s just not a marquee draw, for whatever reason, despite his tremendous talents.
(12) At a meeting on Monday afternoon activists said they were in talks with a marquee company over donations of bigger, more permanent structures, allowing them to set up a "visitor centre" and an "outreach group" to spread the message via local schools and businesses.
(13) Had he been one of the marquee names in South Africa rather than an athlete schooled in the J-League who plays his club football in Russia, his performance would have made banner headlines worldwide.
(14) He repeatedly raped a young woman after dragging her into the wedding marquee and handcuffing her.
(15) "We've come a long way to re-establishing Discovery's brand as a real powerhouse, but I think Discovery can be even bigger and stronger, and become the marquee brand in cable," said Zaslav, according to Multichannel News.
(16) "Here's my take: whilst the clamouring for 'marquee' signings has no doubt contributed to a short-term success strategy at the top clubs, part of the problem is this: a 17-year-old Mexican wonderkid will cost a coach significantly less money than a 17-year-old British kid of equal talent.
(17) He was replaced as Delhi’s marquee player by Carlos, who became the club’s player-manager in July and will oversee the team’s 2015 campaign.
(18) Now he has returned as one of the marquee signings of Tim Leiweke’s big-money revolution in Toronto : “I was just saying to somebody last night, in 2004 and 2005, when I was playing for the Metrostars, we’d show up at the old Giants Stadium, we’d go into the locker room, change, we’d get back in 15-seat passenger vans, drive out to Rutherford, train on field turf that’s 100 degrees, get back in the vans, go back to Giants Stadium.
(19) The marquee was packed for both a great King Creosote set and the mighty, raucous British Sea Power.
(20) It only harms the league to have headlines involving Sterling, the newly crowned Most Hated Man In America , overshadowing the playoffs, especially with the NBA Finals, the league's marquee event, a week away.