Half-mast

The Canadian flag flew at half-mast on Parliament Hill's Peace Tower to commemorate the Nova Scotia mass killing victims.

The Canadian flag was at half-mast.

The national flag was lowered to half-mast.

Any other UK national flags flown alongside the Union Flag when it is at half-mast should also be at half-mast.

He is to be cremated later Thursday at a ceremony likely to be attended by the country's top leadership. Flags were seen flying at half-mast in Beijing's Tiananmen Square. China's state news agency Xinhua reported that flags would be lowered at government buildings across mainland China, semi-autonomous regions of Hong Kong and Macau, and in consulates abroad.

I looked around. Ari in a green jacket with four inches of fore arm showing and trousers at half mast, Penny and I in mismatched padded jackets and ski trousers which were way too long; and all wearing the silver moon boots that had been the rage in the early eighties.

Finally, he was at half-mast, hanging out over the toilet seat, barely erect.