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Grammar : Noun

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Définition of distress signal

  • noun internationally recognized signal requesting help
Example sentences :
  • One turned out to be a distress signal, and the other a red light.
  • Extract from : « The Shellback's Progress » by Walter Runciman
  • "The signal for the wagon, and the distress signal," Walter cried.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Chums in the Florida Jungle » by Wilmer M. Ely
  • Again he fired the distress signal of four shots, but there was no reply.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Chums in the Florida Jungle » by Wilmer M. Ely
  • I produced a cigarette case, and flew a distress signal for permission.
  • Extract from : « The Sixth Sense » by Stephen McKenna
  • We shall have to drift about for a while and then run up a distress signal.
  • Extract from : « The Odds » by Ethel M. Dell
  • I bet this bunch of hens on Acorn Island will holler for us roosters before we set the distress signal for them.
  • Extract from : « The Girls of Central High in Camp » by Gertrude W. Morrison
  • "Come in, Ganymede," Preston repeated impatiently—and then the sound of a distress signal cut across his audio pickup.
  • Extract from : « Postmark Ganymede » by Robert Silverberg
  • To explain to our readers why the three shots are known as a distress signal is simple.
  • Extract from : « The Ranger Boys and the Border Smugglers » by Claude A. Labelle
  • From all appearances it was a large schooner yacht, flying a distress signal.
  • Extract from : « The Beautiful White Devil » by Guy Boothby
  • The master succeeded in running up a distress signal, which was reported to the Onondaga.
  • Extract from : « The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers » by Francis Rolt-Wheeler

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