on holiday

Example Sentences

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"When we went on holiday it was to please us because his joy was family and farming," she said.

From BBC • May 11, 2026

Most travel insurance policies will not be valid if you buy cover while already on holiday.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

But as birth mother to Kelly and her brother, her approval had to be given for things such as the children going on holiday abroad or having their ears pierced.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

Rooney was on holiday with Michael Carrick when Ruben Amorim was sacked in January.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

But she feared that this was because theirs was a relationship consumed in sips: She saw him when she came home on holiday; they wrote to each other; they talked on the phone.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie