Semaphored

Word SEMAPHORED
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Definitions and meanings of "Semaphored"

What do we mean by semaphored?

To signal using, or as if using, a semaphore, with the implication that it is done nonverbally.

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The word "semaphored" in example sentences

If the events of Hal's homecoming are well-semaphored, the middle section gives this elegantly conceived work its fire. ❋ Unknown (2010)

However, good intentions stifle the drama, as clever plot complexities communicate history but constrain characters, and emotions are semaphored in brittle dialogue. ❋ Clare Brennan (2010)

The driver telegraphed the next move as clearly as if hed semaphored out the open window. ❋ Davis Bunn (2009)

Thick fog prevented this extraordinary message from being semaphored to London. ❋ James Burke (2007)

Like a sentient worm, one tentacle semaphored in his direction. ❋ Foster, Alan Dean (2004)

Plywood cutouts of more clowns greeted me: one pointed the way to the checkroom, another to a door marked RESTROOMS; a third had a mechanical arm that semaphored toward the club proper. ❋ Muller, Marcia (1989)

Lights from the ships far out semaphored unknown messages to unknown recipients. ❋ Lustbader, Eric (1984)

She broke off suddenly and semaphored her ears toward her husband. ❋ Asprin, Robert (1984)

The men, their construction work finished, lay about on the ground with the unreal clarity of a Dali painting, and the arriving car semaphored golden and crimson greetings from its windshield. ❋ Westlake, Donald E. (1982)

With less than five minutes to go, when the horses were already cantering down to the start, a tremendous burst of tic-tac activity galvanised the men with white gloves high on the stands who semaphored changes of odds. ❋ Francis, Dick, 1920- (1981)

I wasn't worried about him: he could have tagged me here from the hotel and semaphored the entire Book of Mao if he'd wanted to, but he hadn't. ❋ Hall, Adam (1975)

Maragon semaphored doubt by squeezing his eyebrows down in a scowl. ❋ Randall Garrett (1957)

A sailor semaphored with his arms, and the commander of the mine-sweeper sent a message back, and the submarine passed slowly on her way. ❋ Mordaunt Hall (N/A)

The terrier semaphored complete approbation with its tail stump and even the pig made enthusiastic noises. ❋ Various (N/A)

"Ural" came running up between the lines, and semaphored to the flagship that four ships in line ahead were passing across the rear of the fleet, but could not be clearly made out in the mist. ❋ John Richard Hale (N/A)

As each vessel came abreast, wild, enraptured cheering broke out, and, with all the power of healthy lungs, with enthusiasm unreserved, with cooees and hakas and scrappy messages semaphored by the arms, the Australians and New Zealanders met in a deep friendship which was to last through years of campaigning and privation. ❋ Unknown (1930)

Two hundred yards distant Charlie Benton rose on a stump and semaphored with his arms. ❋ Bertrand W. Sinclair (1926)

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