Sentence examples for mast in the from inspiring English sources

Most have refused to nail their colours (or the saltire) to the mast in the belief that they might unduly upset readers who disagree with their choice.

Desjoyeaux led for most of the race since his fellow Frenchman Yves Parlier lost his mast in the Indian Ocean in December.

One basic effort by GCHQ and the NSA was to build a database geolocating every mobile phone mast in the world – meaning that just by taking tower ID from a handset, location information could be gleaned.

The 14 captains of the club's various teams together raised the Athletic flag up a mast in the corner and the president laid flowers at the bust of Pichichi, installed here too.

Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark practically have the gold medal nailed to their mast in the women's 470 sailing but have to wait for some wind to clinch it.

"What I do is take myself out of the boat and I sit up on the mast, in the clouds, and I look down at the boat," he said.

The IPC said the Iranian flag has been lowered to half-mast in the athletes' village.

Flags flew at half-mast in the west African nation today as the country began three days of national mourning.

The Paralympic flag will also be flown at half-mast in the Paralympic Village and at the Riocentro venue, where Iran play Bosnia and Herzegovina on Sunday in the sitting volleyball gold-medal match.

Seagulls were flying among the masts in the deserted marina.

Thank heaven there aren't many phone masts in the rainforest.