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How to use commemoration in a sentence

16 example sentences · noun

Commemoration means the act of commemorating; an observance or celebration to honor the memory of some person or event. Example: “A statue was built in commemoration of the event.”

Examples of commemoration by meaning

nounThe act of commemorating; an observance or celebration to honor the memory of some person or event.

  • in commemoration of
  • A statue was built in commemoration of the event.
  • The service was held in commemoration of fallen soldiers.

More sentences with commemoration

  • In Italy, Holocaust commemorations included a torch-lighted procession and official statements from top political leaders.2024 January 27, Czarek Sokolowski, “Nazi death camp survivors mark 79th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation on Holocaust Remembrance…. From the entry torch-lighted
  • The yahrzeit is here, and the least lachrymose country on earth is devising its rituals of commemoration.2002 September 2, Leon Wieseltier, “A Year Later”, in Peter Beinart, editor, The New Republic, New York, N.Y.: The Republic Publishing…. From the entry yahrzeit
  • In rites of encoffinment, burial and commemoration, all human beings are treated as ghosts.2002, Linda Woodhead et al., Religions in the Modern World: Traditions and Transformations, →ISBN, page 109. From the entry encoffinment
  • Anthony's Parish Hall, for the Celtic Association's commemoration of the birthday of Robert Emmet.1963, George Clinton Densmore Odell, Annals of the New York Stage. From the entry celebrationary
  • The next morning after the anniversary commemoration the window shades were removed and highly polished, golden oak venetian curtains hung.1904 April 7, “Ottawa University”, in S. M. Brown, R. K. Maiden, editors, The Word and Way: A Weekly Baptist Journal, volume 8, number 41…. From the entry elegantness
  • The US and UK are expected to stay away from the UN General Assembly’s first-ever commemoration of Nakba Day on May 15.2023 May 8, Lahav Harkov, Tovah Lazaroff, “UK and US to shun UN 'Nakba Day' event as Israel calls for boycott”, in The Jerusalem Post. From the entry Nakba Day
  • A church in Tamsui, north of Taipei, whose congregants are mostly from Hong Kong live-streamed a prayer session in commemoration of those who died.2022 June 4, Vic Chiang, “Tiananmen vigils gain prominence in Taiwan as Chinese threat looms”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC…. From the entry Tamsui
  • Thai police prevented a commemoration on the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre from taking place outside the Chinese embassy in Bangkok.2020 June 4, UCA News Reporter, “Thai activists get creative to mark Tianamen massacre”, in La Croix International, Bayard, archived from…. From the entry take lying down
  • Rabbi Luria walked around the table while reciting the psalm in commemoration of the Mizbayah ("altar"), a practice still prevalent in Jerusalem.1996, Macy Nulman, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer. From the entry Mizbeach
  • After fifteen minutes of this we were glad to reach a high saddle on which former travellers had piled little cairns of commemoration and thankfulness.1926, T. E. Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom, New York: Anchor, published 1991, page 180. From the entry cairn
  • I’d been invited to the USSR (in the days when I was a fellow-traveler or traveleress), to the commemoration of a titanic Caucasian poet by the name of Rustaveli.2005, “In the Fairy Café des Oiseaux”, in Peter Bush, transl., A Cock-Eyed Comedy: Starring Friar Bugeo Montesino and Other Fairies of…. From the entry traveleress
  • I’ been invited to the USSR (in the days when I was a fellow-traveller or travelleress), to the commemoration of a titanic Caucasian poet by the name of Rustaveli.2002, Peter Bush, transl., A Cock-Eyed Comedy: Starring Friar Bugeo Montesino and Other Faeries of Motley Feather and Fortune, Serpent’s…. From the entry travelleress
  • During the seven days of this festival, as everyone knows, Jews eat motzas, or unleavened cakes, instead of bread, in commemoration of the flight from Egypt.1952, Victor Gollancz, My Dear Timothy, page 67. From the entry motza

Meaning of commemoration

  1. noun The act of commemorating; an observance or celebration to honor the memory of some person or event.
  2. noun That which serves the purpose of commemorating; a memorial.
  3. noun The specification of individual saints in the prayers for the dead.

Full definition of commemoration

Questions about commemoration in a sentence

How do you use commemoration in a sentence?
Commemoration is used as a noun. For example: “A statue was built in commemoration of the event.”
What is a short sentence with commemoration?
“in commemoration of”
What does commemoration mean?
Commemoration means the act of commemorating; an observance or celebration to honor the memory of some person or event.

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