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  • The last ray of the sun shone on a white-crossed Danish flag that hung from the tallest of the city's mast cranes.

    Sharpe's Prey Cornwell, Bernard, 1944- 2001

  • She, scorning other decoration, merely showed the scarlet white-crossed emblem of her country.

    Stand By! Naval Sketches and Stories 1925

  • That deliverance has already come to many of them the white-crossed graves, beyond the marsh, can prove.

    Three Times and Out: A Canadian Boy's Experience in Germany Nellie L. McClung 1918

  • Steady, swift, invincible, it drove its strong foe down the white-crossed sod -- so like a whirlwind, that the watching crowds gazed in bewilderment.

    A Master's Degree 1913

  • Steady, swift, invincible, it drove its strong foe down the white-crossed sod -- so like a whirlwind, that the watching crowds gazed in bewilderment.

    A Master's Degree Margaret Hill McCarter 1899

  • A year ago, with the _Dannebrog_, the scarlet, white-crossed banner of Denmark, floating over the red Danish fortress on the water-front, I might have felt an alien, but the Stars and Stripes made me feel at home and I could only remember that my father and mother met and loved each other in this little Paradise, and that when I was born there they were the two happiest people under the sun.

    Ladies-In-Waiting Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin 1889

  • The queen gave the signal at once, and out on the air of that dreadful night rang the terrible tocsin peal from the tower of the church of St. Germain l'Auxerrois, the alarm call for which the white-crossed murderers waited.

    Historical Tales, Vol. 6 (of 15) The Romance of Reality. French. Charles Morris 1877

  • The field was scattered with the corpses of the Royalists, and the white-crossed troops of the Barons were closely gathered round the castle and priory of Lewes.

    Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

  • Two Ski Patrollers happened by and were encouraged to challenge Eric's fastest time, providing a post-race highlight as a courageous white-crossed red-jacketed scud missile straight lined almost the whole run before detonating yards from the finish target in a fairly spectacular display.

    Vail Daily - Top Stories 2010

  • Two Ski Patrollers happened by and were encouraged to challenge Eric's fastest time, providing a post-race highlight as a courageous white-crossed red-jacketed scud missile straight lined almost the whole run before detonating yards from the finish target in a fairly spectacular display.

    Vail Daily - Top Stories 2010

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