Sentence examples for sos from inspiring English sources
The phrase "sos" is correct and usable in written English, particularly in informal contexts.
It is typically used as a distress signal or a call for help, often in emergencies or urgent situations. Example: "When I got lost in the woods, I sent out an SOS to my friends for help."
noun
The conventional Morse code call made by a ship in distress.
- The keel has been scuppered send out an SOS.
After the disaster it emerged that the liner Californian had been only a few miles away, and that hundreds of lives might have been saved had the Californian's radio operator been on duty and so able to receive the Titanic's "SOS" distress call.
John Kerry, me (7) / [No subject] - You'll love being SoS.
On October 9th Dana Starks, the interim police superintendent, announced that he would disband the SOS.
Beggars and hawkers are being moved, anyone thinking of a street protest has been told to think again, and eight people were detained on November 15th when they protested on a roof instead with a picture of Mr Obama and a message reading "SOS".
After he posted an SOS video on YouTube, Time magazine made him one of its 100 most influential people of 2011.
Donned out in chefs' hats and white T-shirts emblazoned with "SOS - save our savouries", around 500 supporters gathered to rally opposition against Chancellor George Osborne's bid to make hot takeaway snacks subject to 20 per cent VAT.
Liverpool have 152, Arsenal 135 and Chelsea, the boring so-and-sos, 141.
But, as anybody who has followed this particular nonsense (the writing, not the crises, that is) over the past few years will know, the endless I-told-you-sos add up to an appearance of self-satisfaction.
On November 9th Twitter and tech-news sites reverberated with schadenfreude and told-you-sos after Adobe Systems announced that it would, in effect, stop working on its Flash video player for smartphones and tablets.
But unofficial opinion, in the media and elsewhere, is much taken with the thought that ten years ago the Americans saved the Saudis from a possible Iraqi invasion, but now the unappreciative so-and-sos withhold their full support for America's own war on terrorism.
AFTER the collapse of the Camp David peace talks towards the end of 2000, and the start of the Palestinian intifada, many Israelis started to articulate a single, strident message: they had offered the Palestinians a priceless gift, and been kicked in the teeth for their pains; so be it, they would now show the so-and-sos who was master.
