flag-waving
挥舞旗帜,摇旗呐喊,挥舞旗子,挥舞国旗
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- : an ostentatiously emotional display of patriotism or factionalism.
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Examples
Beyond the huge American flag that hung over the street, the mile-long mass of cops ended.
There is only sand, a white ball, and a flag indicating the hole.
When the game starts, there is only sand, a white ball, a flag indicating hole 1, and a “0” at the top of the screen.
But quite unlike the schmuck, and this is the fun part, they never run up the white flag; indeed quite the opposite.
One of the honor guard approached with slow, measured steps and presented the flag to a uniformed captain.
His wife stood smiling and waving, the boys shouting, as he disappeared in the old rockaway down the sandy road.
Truly the flag of Britain was trailing in the mire, or these men would not have dared to address him in that fashion.
A white woman, Mrs. Henry Jacobi, who had been taken prisoner early in the month, crossed the plain holding a white flag.
The Cockalorum pondered over this for a moment, and then murmuring, "I prefer croquet," floundered away through the waving grass.
Don't you see him right behind that little man in yellow who is carrying a big blue flag?