red-letter day

Example Sentences

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Saturday was a red-letter day for the history of art in Southern California.

From Los Angeles Times

Normally he was a jovial man, with an impish sense of humor, but on that red-letter day he was clearly bummed.

From Washington Post

“The eventual purchaser will be able to steward them into publication, which will be a red-letter day for Brontë scholarship,” he said.

From Seattle Times

Coming from a family of transplanted Southerners, I didn’t grow up with any kind of personal connection to this red-letter day.

From Los Angeles Times

“I think this is a day that all Mississippians can look to as a red-letter day,” Gunn said during a news conference Tuesday at the Capitol.

From Washington Times