celebration

Example Sentences

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We walked on as we were, as if in celebration of it, till the school buildings came into sight.

From Literature

Xi also visited Moscow last year, in May, for Russia's celebrations of the World War II defeat of the Nazis.

From Barron's

“Not Trad” is overtly Celtic, with a marching melody that could be played by a piper and a thumping drum that seems appropriate for a celebration.

From The Wall Street Journal

Rostropovich exuded, in the Kennedy Center aura, the expression of an overwhelmingly triumphant celebration of the end of the Soviet repression.

From Los Angeles Times

These gatherings — casual, imperfect, warmly familiar — have always registered in my body as real celebrations.

From Salon