To the Indian woman, it is a proud national symbol that has never been seriously challenged or undermined by Western dress.

It was more like a proud symbol, he thought, of Scotland's rich tradition.

But the precipitous fall of a proud symbol rankles all the same.

In doing so, she hoped to turn a proud symbol of Poland's past into a model for future Western investment.

The gleaming jets have long been proud symbols of California's economic and technological prowess.

I understand your king has gained a proud symbol of his rank-a crown, or sceptre, or something.

It is still a proud symbol, but it is no longer the symbol of the best team in baseball.

His grandfather, Panos Dukakis, proud symbol the family's immigrant success, was forced by failing health to give up the practice of medicine.

Swissair, once a proud national symbol, ran out of cash and fell into bankruptcy last year after piling up heavy debt from a failed expansion plan.

Sam saw them as proud, bold symbols of the wealth and success which Evelyn was shortly to share.