Sentence examples similar to shaking flag from inspiring English sources

For us, the idea of freedom, however heartfelt, is doomed to abstraction, waved by politicians as if they were shaking a flag.

Video footage after the blasts shows Arredondo, gripping a small blood-soaked American flag, shaking in shock as he describes the scene to people on the street.

A cheer went up in the room, and "Dancing in the Street" began blaring, as supporters in the bleachers didn't quite dance, but swayed slightly as they shook American flags and red-white-and-blue pom-poms.

Doeringer's covers - here of Jasper John's' earth-shaking "Flag" from 1954-1955 - are loving auroras around and part of the art and our love of it and our lives lived in it.

Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, Gov. George E. Pataki, Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Charles E. Schumer, candidates for mayor and almost every New York politician worthy of the name was there, shaking hands, waving flags, pausing to give light-patter interviews about the greatness of the parade, the weather and the people of Puerto Rico.

As Piazza circled the bases, a fan behind the Mets' dugout shook an American flag, and another held up an "I Love N.Y".

There was a time, not long ago, when mayoral candidates in New York would march in the National Puerto Rican Day Parade -- shaking hundreds of hands, waving flags to the cameras and holding a Hispanic baby or two -- and think that they had done enough campaigning among Hispanic New Yorkers to last them a year.

De Blasio and his wife, Chirlane McCray, who is of Caribbean descent, drew cheers as they waved flags, shook hands and posed for photographs.

And the government promised voters in last year's election that it would put an end to the cosy corporatism that has been both curse and blessing for JAL.Despite its privatisation more than 20 years ago, JAL has never really shaken off the flag-carrier mentality or the legacy costs that go with it.

On every seat was a sack of goodies, and we were duly taught to rattle our drums, wave our Chinese flags, shake our funky light sticks, and finally, at the avian highlight of the ceremony, "imitate the movement of the doves with your hands".

At the conclusion of the game, Puerto Rican flags shook wildly as the American team, consisting for the most part of promising young players in the N.B.A. but lacking dominant figures like Shaquille O'Neal, Kobe Bryant and Kevin Garnett, exited into a tunnel, beaten, stunned and embarrassed.