festivals

Example Sentences

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The masquerade’s origins lie in Greek religion and Roman festivals.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

“I have traveled to festivals all over the world in the last few years. I don’t know that I can define why freedom is failing, but I see that it is — everywhere.”

From Salon • May 22, 2026

“My primos just went to one of the most prestigious festivals in Monaco and they won first place. I wanna be like my cousins and do what they’re doing.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

It's where Graham wrote, got inspired and eventually became the first group of people from his small town to take a show to the Edinburgh Fringe, one of the world's largest arts festivals.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

I saw in a store once some German posters for retrospective festivals of her work.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee