Banners
['bænɚ]
Examples
- She was a warlike power, and inscribed upon her banners many a brilliant fight with Genoese and Turks. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- There was a public holiday; the streets were decorated by gay banners and made glad with music. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- No banners, cousin, to be 'blown by the night wind of heaven. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- This man had between two and three hundred persons enlisted under his banners. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The banners of the knights of the garter, and their half drawn swords, were hung in vain emblazonry above the stalls. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- We were unprepared for battle, she continued, as we were on a peaceful mission, as our banners and the colors of our craft denoted. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Nine oils, Merrylegs, missing tips, garters, banners, and Ponging, eh! Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Even music was not wanting: banners floated in the air, and the shrill fife and loud trumpet breathed forth sounds of encouragement and victory. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Missed his tip at the banners, too, and was loose in his ponging. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Here are no aisles, no arches, no inscriptions, no banners. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Twilight was fallingand I deemed its influence pitiful; from the lattice I saw coming night-clouds trailing low like banners drooping. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
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