Sentence examples for had saluted from inspiring English sources

On their arrival, both ships had saluted the site with toots of their horns.

Afterward, he said that Suzuki had congratulated him on returning to the 200-hit club, just as he had saluted Suzuki from the dugout two years before.

He had saluted them every game (Overbay imitated the gesture on Monday), and when they jeered Swisher at the end, he was wounded.

NEWPORT, R. I., Aug. 31— Boat horns that last night had saluted Intrepid's selection as the America's Cup defender sounded an alarm for the 12‐ Meter yacht today.

Commentators have understandably connected these remarks to the death of Mr. Brahmi, who had saluted the ouster of Mr. Morsi as a return by Egyptians to "freedom" and to "the path of Gamal Abdel Nasser".

Representatives of the Audubon Society of Florida, who had saluted Bush's efforts on phosphorus less than two years before, said that they had no idea the legislation was coming.

He might as well have saluted Pol Pot.

When the generals saluted him, he reflected: "Not so many years before they would not have saluted but arrested me".

Truly, if someone had raised the union flag during this sequence, I'd have saluted.

Since 1972, when it honored Charlie Chaplin, the event has saluted a major figure in the film industry.

Many critics, including Mark Kermode, have saluted Statham's attempt to develop his "brand" by trying more adventurous parts.