Star-Spangled Banner

noun

1. the national anthem of the United States of America
2. another term for the Stars and Stripes

Example Sentences

After watching the American victory at the Battle of Fort McHenry, Francis Scott Key wrote the “Star-Spangled Banner.”

From The Daily Beast

This was years before Francis Scott Key wrote “The Star Spangled Banner.”

From The Daily Beast

In Washington D.C., for example, we make people have sex to The Star-Spangled Banner.

From The Daily Beast

In 1930 the educational experts at Teachers College of Columbia University condemned “The Star-Spangled Banner.”

From The Daily Beast

The story of how “The Star-Spangled Banner” became the national anthem in 1931 is the story of a red-white-and-blue culture war.

From The Daily Beast

A little later the band played "The Star-spangled Banner," and there sounded the signal gun for the lowering of the colors.

From Project Gutenberg

We are all united under one flag, the most beautiful of all flags—the Star Spangled Banner!

From Project Gutenberg

Why should not the star-spangled banner wave over ten, as well as over three millions of Slaves?

From Project Gutenberg

When the "Star Spangled Banner" is played, all present should rise and stand at attention until the ending.

From Project Gutenberg

Then the fiddles squeaked, there was rumble and boom of the drums, and the orchestra played the Star-Spangled Banner.

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