Sentence examples for given the high sign from inspiring English sources

They've been given the high sign, and we are courting disaster.

And if you have a New York flair, like Clyde Frazier, you're given the high sign on the subway (or as you tool down Fifth Avenue in your burgundy-and-antelope Rolls).

Now, in the dawn of the 21st century, when this nation above all others is supposed to be a model of progress and fairness and justice and due process, the U.S. military was to be given the high sign to start shooting Iraqis like dogs in the street.

But it was time, and the sergeant gave the high sign to the unit's commanding officer.

When he was coming over, though, he got a bridal suite because he gave the high sign to the Captain, who was also a Mason.

By Alexander Laing The New Yorker, August 1 , 1931 P. 13Tells of a Mason who is searching another man's stateroom on a steamer, and who gives him the high sign of the Mason, and then becomes very friendly with him.

And like the big brother he is, he loves us and we him for not laying the sins of the father on us but giving us the high sign to get on with it.

And so, on opening day, I had her walking out and I gave everybody the high sign, flipped on the neon sign where it said 'Ruby's.' She immediately began to pummel me.

Given the high degree of variation among sign languages, which also has regional dialects just like spoken language, this will be a welcome feature for users.

Given the high number of variables we did not include interaction in the analyses, and therefore any interaction is 'forced' into the sign of the variables.

3) When a not quite welcome visitor comes into sight, he gives the secretary the high sign thru the glass partition that separates them and 4) She presses the tabulator key of her typewriter, sending the roller sidewise until it blocks the doorway.