How to Use confederate in a Sentence

confederate

1 of 2 adjective
  • Another man with his face covered by a confederate flag rips a poster to the sound of cheering.
    — Erin Glynn, Cincinnati.com, 15 June 2020
  • Also, confederate jasmine does not seem to mind a hard pruning back to near the ground, if needed.
    — Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 29 June 2019
  • Well, in great part because there are 11 ex-Confederate states not in the union that do not get to vote.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 10 June 2026
  • Texas was the last Confederate state to have the proclamation announced.
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 1 June 2026
  • Texas was the last Confederate state to have the proclamation announced.
    — Greta Cross, USA Today, 18 June 2026
  • Texas was the last Confederate state to have the proclamation announced.
    — Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 17 June 2026
  • The victim reported a large Confederate flag was mounted in the bed of the truck, which may have a dent in the front right bumper.
    — Staff Report, The Aegis, 1 June 2017
  • But that does not mean that those Maryland families with pre-war Confederate roots were, or are, traitors.
    — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Like, how many American flags equal one Confederate flag?
    — Literary Hub, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Actually, very few vines do well in the shade but one exception is the confederate jasmine.
    — Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 30 July 2022
  • John Henley was Linn’s son-in-law and also a confederate captain.
    — Anna Beahm | [email protected], al, 7 Aug. 2020
  • Back home, he is embroiled in the call to remove Confederate statues from public parks and street corners.
    — Roger Showley, sandiegouniontribune.com, 14 May 2017
  • The movement has led to police reform bills and the removal of Confederate symbols in some states.
    — Leslie Hoyle Guerra, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2026
  • In early days, confederate soldiers were the ones who received flowers on their graves in the Southern states.
    — Asia Ewart, refinery29.com, 25 May 2020
  • No civilian, black or white, had ever taken a Confederate vessel of this size and turned it over to the Union.
    — Cate Lineberry, Smithsonian, 13 June 2017
  • Over two years ago, Richmond was home to more confederate statues than any city in the United States.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Dec. 2022
  • This implies the collection may have been buried to keep the coins from being seized by the invading Confederate army.
    — Justin Pot, Popular Science, 24 Dec. 2025
  • Pike was commissioned in the Confederate army as a brigadier general, but his wartime career lasted less than two years.
    — Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Those Black soldiers—told by Confederate forces they’d be hanged if captured—served with distinction.
    — Literary Hub, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Others waved confederate flags in masses down the streets as a symbol of collective defiance.
    — Sarah Midkiff, refinery29.com, 16 Apr. 2020
  • In 2011, parish leaders removed a Confederate flag that had flown in front of the courthouse for decades.
    — Richard A. Webster, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Hannah had brought along a white bedsheet, and the crew quickly replaced the Confederate flag that flew above the mast with the white flag of surrender.
    — Big Think, 13 Nov. 2025
  • More than a third of the 650-member force fell dead or wounded taking the Confederate breastworks.
    — Bill Steiden, Des Moines Register, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Mississippi had used a flag featuring the confederate battle cross for 126 years and was the last state to do so.
    — April Siese, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2020
  • Over 7,000 Confederate soldiers were captured or killed within an hour of that charge.
    — USA Today, 17 June 2026
  • Students at a Georgia high school are leading a campaign to remove a confederate general name's from their school.
    — Christopher Brito, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2020
  • His flag was paid for by the Virginia Flaggers, a group that flies confederate flags along highways across Virginia.
    — Essence.com, 30 Sep. 2017
  • Big brands have been updating the names of their products, banning confederate flags, and unearthing and punishing racist comments.
    — Kristine Gill, Fortune, 31 July 2020
  • Near the end of the Civil War, a Confederate soldier leaves the war to make an Odyssean journey home to his beloved.
    — Amanda Favazza, Southern Living, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Even Confederate generals expressed some qualms about the use of these subterra torpedoes, and briefly banned their use.
    — Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, 24 Feb. 2017

confederate

2 of 2 noun
  • But a white dude in a confederate flag shirt ain't bothering me.
    — Roy S. Johnson, AL.com, 26 Feb. 2018
  • The film begins at the grand opening of the shop and the unrolling of a confederate flag outside its front door.
    — Elizabeth Montgomery, azcentral, 5 Mar. 2020
  • Summer-blooming confederate rose plants are not a rose at all but a member of the hibiscus genus.
    — Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 28 Aug. 2021
  • Players can enrich themselves and their confederates, at least until they’re caught.
    — David French, Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2025
  • However, the judge intends to reopen the case against Ali and his confederates.
    — Sandi Doughton, The Seattle Times, 24 Sep. 2018
  • The confederate always requested salt or pepper to be passed.
    — Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 27 Oct. 2016
  • The inscription on the monuments talks about the principles that gave birth to the confederate cause.
    — Paul Gattis, AL.com, 7 June 2017
  • Same goes for making a lascivious dance routine with the confederate flag.
    — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 24 Feb. 2017
  • Same goes for making a lascivious dance routine with the confederate flag.
    — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 1 May 2017
  • Charles Corbit led a cavalry charge against the confederates.
    — Jean Marbella, baltimoresun.com, 23 June 2017
  • King Alcohol—a hymn on him, the last mighty confederate against cold, soberness, hunger, sleeplessness, and a special kind of ghosts.
    — Peter Margasak, Chicago Reader, 9 June 2017
  • Trump reverted back to the names honoring confederates.
    — Callum Sutherland, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The amount of time that passed before an employee approached and acknowledged the confederate served as the dependent variable.
    — Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 28 Nov. 2014
  • Flying the confederate flag bothers me more—as the South attempted to secede from the same Union that the flag represents.
    — Peter King, SI.com, 11 Apr. 2018
  • The President and his confederates have warned of the consequences of impeachment.
    — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 15 Nov. 2019
  • Then last week it was disassembled and loaded on flatbeds for the trip to Richmond to take its permanent place near the confederate monuments.
    — CBS News, 11 Dec. 2019
  • Then, last summer, her husband was killed by confederates of Commander Naseer, the militia leader who had attacked her.
    — Rod Nordland, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2017
  • The white supremacist protest emerged in response to the removal of a confederate statue and left activist Heather Heyer dead.
    — Kynala Phillips, Essence, 3 July 2019
  • Since the death of George Floyd in police custody, both cities and protesters have been taking down confederate statues nationwide.
    — Caitlin Conant, CBS News, 25 June 2020
  • Henderson, Russo, and a small group of confederates are trying to make cryo-EM affordable.
    — Eric Hand, Science | AAAS, 23 Jan. 2020
  • How much time will a chief confederate of the criminal former Cleveland city councilman Ken Johnson serve in prison?
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 11 May 2022
  • Hynes died, but his three confederates have been subpoenaed to testify in my malicious prosecution lawsuit.
    — John O’Hara, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2026
  • The girl was said to have been dragged half a mile from her school, in broad daylight, kicking and screaming, to an unfinished apartment building half a mile away, where two confederates held her down and laughed as the man assaulted her.
    — David M. Halbfinger, New York Times, 25 June 2019
  • His confederates at Les Halles were amused, if mystified, by his blossoming career as a writer, and the owners were accommodating about the book tour.
    — Adam Davidson, The New Yorker, 13 Feb. 2017
  • During the campaign, this was one of the private residences used as a makeshift hospital for wounded Confederates, hundreds of whom are believed to be buried in a mass grave a scant 50 feet from the house.
    — Jim Beaugez, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The evening of June 1, demolition teams rolled in to start dismantling the 52-foot confederate monument in Linn Park.
    — Shauna Stuart | [email protected], al, 10 June 2020
  • Again and again, Assad’s confederates carried out their gruesome work in defiance of the world, save for his allies in Iran, Russia, and southern Lebanon.
    — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2017
  • The man, who identified himself as Joseph Springer of Louisville, was wearing a trucker cap and a black cut-off T-shirt with a confederate flag bandanna sticking out.
    — Thomas Novelly, The Courier-Journal, 30 Aug. 2017
  • But less well known is a variation of the experiment in which Asch introduced another variable—this time, one of the confederates gave the right answer while the rest of the crowd tried to mislead the participant.
    — Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 3 Apr. 2020
  • Charleston hosts its Festival of Houses and Gardens April 1-20, when roses and confederate jasmine will be in bloom.
    — Beth J. Harpaz, Houston Chronicle, 16 Mar. 2018

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