Sentence examples for the semaphore from inspiring English sources

LaBute has a wonderful time deconstructing the semaphore of gesture, and this annihilating kiss is emblematic.

The first movable signal was a revolving board, introduced in the 1830s, followed in 1841 by the semaphore signal.

The lines inside are based on the semaphore signals for the letters "N" for "nuclear" and "D" for "disarmament".

The era's remarkable technical innovations included the metric system, ballooning, the invention of canned food, and the semaphore telegraph.

This motif (also known as a crow's foot) combined the semaphore letters "N" (for "nuclear") and "D" (for "disarmament").

The warning index operates alongside the Semaphore system which collects wider travel information before a passenger embarks on a journey.

Whether scanning the skies for the semaphores of distant civilizations, or scrutinizing asteroids for fainter signatures left by alien microbes, humans are forever seeking companions that share a sense of rhythm, the universal sign of life.

The semaphore-like intentionality of the arms in Cavanaugh's work suggests to us that her figures are speaking.

The system involved a variation in the theme most of us could relate to as the railroad semaphore system, the naval semaphore system, or the 'wig-wag' system we envision as being used by scouts.

The waving semaphore of the cursor says, "Please come in".

Lots of us saw blind, ugly panic during the '70s gas crises — long lines, fistfights, color-coded flags that signaled who might buy on which day, or the dreaded semaphore of the red flag: No Gas.