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How to use gala in a sentence

20 example sentences · adjective, noun

Gala means celebratory; festive. Example: “He arrived at the gala, dressed to the nines in his top hat and tails.”

Examples of gala by meaning

nounA competition.

  • a swimming gala

More sentences with gala

  • He arrived at the gala, dressed to the nines in his top hat and tails.From the entry dressed to the nines
  • The mayor gave a speech for the charity gala.From the entry for
  • They pulled out all the stops for the gala wedding.From the entry pull out all the stops
  • There was no tedious self-righteousness on the night of the gala event.2018 January 25, Amelia Gentleman, “Men-only clubs and menace: how the establishment maintains male power”, in the Guardian. From the entry plastic surgery
  • A relatively new gala, the Celebrate Santa Convention boasts a sea of Santas, Mrs.2011, Kristin Luna, Tennessee Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff, Guilford, Conn.: Globe Pequot…. From the entry Mrs. Claus
  • And there are golden deliciouses and macintoshes and granny smiths and galas!2006, NFT™—Not For Tourists™ Guide to Washington DC 2007, New York, N.Y.: Not For Tourists, Inc, →ISBN, page 286, column 1. From the entry golden delicious
  • Some of his literary fans could be glimpsed a few weeks ago at PEN’s black-tie gala, paying their respects to Mr.2008 May 25, Patricia Cohen, “Now He’s Only Hunted by Cameras”, in New York Times. From the entry barosaurus
  • I've been more intellectually challenged at a kiddies' swimming gala.'2004, Sue Townsend, Adrian Mole and The Weapons of Mass Destruction, →ISBN, page 361. From the entry cocker
  • Saw another cow-orker at a local big hoity-toity benefit gala.2002 February 19, Annie, “Bumping into friends”, in alt.transgendered (Usenet). From the entry girlmode
  • It would be better not to try to compete with Rose and her gala stringsful of bright colour.1964, Hesba Fay Brinsmead, Pastures of the Blue Crane. From the entry stringful
  • It is a gala day for the adult male Filipino.1901 December 15, “The Day in the Philippines: There Is a Mass in the Morning, Cock Fighting and Gambling the Rest of the Day”, in St.…. From the entry tinola
  • But I always see a gala as a chance to bring out that evening gown you hardly ever have the occasion to use."2017 June, Juliet Blackwell, chapter 12, in A Ghostly Light (A Haunted Home Renovation Mystery), New York, N.Y.: Berkley Prime Crime…. From the entry spangle
  • Mercy for America’s Children raises money to support its programs through an annual black tie gala, a cycle-a-thon and generous individual donors.2016 May 25, Carla Turchetti, “Faith in focus: Field day event will honor children in foster care”, in North Raleigh News, Raleigh, N.C.…. From the entry cycle-a-thon
  • Shouldering his way in front of Santiago, he said smoothly, “Elaine, have I told you how much how I liked your design for the league gala?2018, Bobbi JG Weiss, Ride: The Search for TK, Candlewick Press, →ISBN, page 237. From the entry outsuave
  • On the other hand,GSLs in invertebrates have quite different glycan moieties from those of vertebrates, which are classified as arthro-, mollu-, gala-, neogala-, spirometo-, and schisto-series.2013, Daniel B. Werz, Sebastien Vidal, Modern Synthetic Methods in Carbohydrate Chemistry, →ISBN. From the entry schisto-series
  • At intervals there was a great platform car, bethroned and grandly canopied, upholstered in silks, carpeted with oriental rugs, and freighted with girls clothed in gala costumes.2010, Mark Twain, Ms. Harriet E. Smith, Benjamin Griffin, Autobiography of Mark Twain, volume 1, page 126. From the entry bethroned
  • Balenciaga's couture openings are not gala affairs packed with friends, but tense performances where everyone concentrates madly and in silence to take in the fast-paced show.1960, Bettina Ballard, In My Fashion. From the entry Balenciaga
  • The second gala is being held by the International Conservation Caucus Foundation, comprising the goliaths of international and animal wildlife conservation like the Nature Conservancy and the World Wildlife Federation.2009 January 18, Leslie Kaufman, “Torn Between Green Galas? At Least They’re a Walk Apart”, in New York Times. From the entry goliath
  • In such an atmosphere the harbor was flecked with brilliantly decked craft of every description, all in a flutter of flags and carrying a host of passengers in gala dress.1918, The United States in a Chaotic World, volume 30, page 23. From the entry flutter

Meaning of gala

  1. adjective Celebratory; festive.
  2. noun Pomp, show, or festivity.
  3. noun A competition.

Full definition of gala

Questions about gala in a sentence

How do you use gala in a sentence?
Gala is used as an adjective and noun. For example: “He arrived at the gala, dressed to the nines in his top hat and tails.”
What is a short sentence with gala?
“a swimming gala”
What does gala mean?
Gala means celebratory; festive.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gala (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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