Example Sentences

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When I woke up, a guy was standing over me all bug-eyed, waving a red-cross flag like a maniac.

From Time Magazine Archive

A red-cross sister offers me something to drink.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque

Jimmy says he’s never been near enough to a battle to see the red-cross flags on the base hospital.

From The Boy Scout and Other Stories for Boys by Davis, Richard Harding

Soon the red-cross standard of the Crusade, the oriflamme of Saint Denis, and the banner of Saint George crowned the walls of Acre.

From With Spurs of Gold Heroes of Chivalry and their Deeds by Greene, Frances Nimmo

Upon the morn he gave the order of knighthood to the squire who had brought him the red-cross shield, and asked him his name, and of what kindred he was come.

From Stories of King Arthur and His Knights Retold from Malory's "Morte dArthur" by Cutler, U. Waldo