holiday

Example Sentences

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The holiday – packed with colour, music and parties – marks the end of winter and the beginning of spring.

From BBC

Yvonne Ford, 59, from Barnsley, died four months after she was scratched by a stray dog she startled under her sun lounger on a beach during a holiday in Morocco last February.

From BBC

"People were chanting and expressing their grief. It felt like a public holiday -- shops and offices were closed," he said.

From Barron's

Karly’s parents are divorced and she bounces between them at weekends and in the holidays.

From Literature

Activity in China’s sprawling manufacturing sector contracted further last month, in part due to a weeklong holiday.

From The Wall Street Journal