semaphore

Example Sentences

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That meant learning semaphore to send messages during the day and Morse code for nighttime communications.

From Seattle Times • May 30, 2024

On the left shoulder, front, a cluster of schematic semaphore signals evokes his years in the Marines.

From New York Times • May 5, 2023

We also found semaphore flags, a vastly outdated way to communicate between units.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2023

You’ve probably seen the semaphore system where years ago people in uniform waved handheld flags to convey messages.

From Washington Post • Oct. 28, 2022

The taxi rounded the statue of the inventor of the semaphore engaged in doing same, and turned up the Boulevard Raspail, and I sat back to let that part of the ride pass.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway