Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

But some more community-focused gatherings say they are experiencing a surge in demand.

From BBC • Jun. 20, 2026

Additional fan festivals and other large gatherings are also being held for the event.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2026

Although the fencing and construction vehicles vanished after the clashes, protests have swelled into nightly gatherings of thousands, despite assurances from Rama that the development has yet to be approved.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

Made by artists from the Royal Bureau of Painting, such images documented gatherings of high government officials and were couched in the visual language of earlier Chinese landscape painting.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

But Handsome was a friend, and Duane knew that Handsome preferred, as he put it, to obey the rules and etiquette of society in regard to the decorum of social gatherings both big and small.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el