Example Sentences

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Saluted Larry Kramer eloquently and did herself proud.

From New York Times • Jun. 13, 2011

Saluted by beaming policemen, chattering lightheartedly, fluttering in their bright kimonas like iridescent butterflies, 2,000 geisha girls flocked last week to the spacious park of their famed Yoshiwara quarter in Tokyo.

From Time Magazine Archive

The princess bent her brow In a truly celestial bow, Saluted her father with filial grace, and made him the grand kotow.

From Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales by Baltzell, W. J. (Winton James)

Astolfo, Duke of Muscovy, my Lord, Saluted, and with gallant compliment Welcomed you to your royal title.

From Life Is a Dream by FitzGerald, Edward

If in the noon they doubted, their last breath Saluted once again the eternal goal, Chanted a love-song in the face of Death And rent the veil of darkness from the soul.

From The Lord of Misrule And Other Poems by Nichols, Spencer Baird