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Examples of color guard in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Besides pancakes, the fundraiser features music with band, orchestra, jazz, percussion, color guard, and choral performances by the students of Saratoga High School and Redwood Middle School.
—Isha Trivedi, The Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2024
The parade will include marching and drum bands, a color guard, floats, clowns and various metro Detroit organizations.
—Detroit Free Press, 10 Mar. 2024
The event included marching bands, color guards, car clubs, fraternities, dancers and more.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Feb. 2024
The main event, held Monday from 1 to 3 p.m., proceeds along Fairfax and Royal streets in the heart of Old Town and is filled with Revolutionary War reenactors, classic cars, marching bands, color guards, and floats representing local businesses and organizations.
—Chris Kelly, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2024
The ceremony included a color guard, chaplain, brass quartet and 21-gun salute.
—Peter Aitken, Fox News, 7 Feb. 2024
The Los Angeles All City marching band and color guard kicked things off, followed by dancers in bright, whirling skirts from the Cathedral City High School Ballet Folklorico.
—Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 2 Feb. 2024
Music from the Boston Pops and the Boston City Singers Tour Choir rang out through the crowd, as people stopped to photograph the waving flags of the color guard.
—Ivy Scott, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Apr. 2023
Proceeds benefit the nonprofit Mt. Carmel Music Foundation to support the band, color guard and orchestra programs at Mt. Carmel High School, 9550 Carmel Mountain Road.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1705, in the meaning defined above
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“Color guard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/color%20guard. Accessed 16 May. 2024.
Kids Definition
color guard
noun
: an honor guard for the colors of an organization
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