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How to use thanksgiving in a sentence

11 example sentences · noun

Thanksgiving means the expression of gratitude. Example: “The churching of women traditionally includes thanksgiving for the women's survival of childbirth.”

Examples of thanksgiving by meaning

nounThe expression of gratitude.

  • I shouted down to those below that I saw daylight ahead, and a great shout of thanksgiving reverberated through the ship.1918 September–November, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Land That Time Forgot”, in The Blue Book Magazine, Chicago, Ill.: Story-press Corp....

More sentences with thanksgiving

  • The churching of women traditionally includes thanksgiving for the women's survival of childbirth.From the entry churching
  • Thanksgiving is on the whatth of November this year?From the entry whatth
  • After cooking the thanksgiving turkey we appreciate the self-cleaning oven as it gets really hot and burns off the splattered grease.From the entry self-cleaning
  • Thanksgiving always falls on a Thursday.From the entry fall
  • Make out with me and give me teethy Kirk if I'm wrong, but thanksgivings tomorrow right?2025 November 27, @totallyagirlnotasixfivedude, Instagram, archived from the original on 15 Dec 2025. From the entry kirk
  • After offering prayers of thanksgiving, together we break bread and drink from the cup.1979, Ronald E. Osborn, The Faith We Affirm, →ISBN, page 61. From the entry break bread
  • Tears of thanksgiving bubbled her eyes and blurred her vision.2005, Syne Mitchell, End in Fire, page 187. From the entry bubble
  • But try it sometime, to pray only praise and thanksgiving.1978, Raymond H. Woolsey, “August 4: The Prayer of Thanksgiving”, in Joy in the Morning, Washington, D.C.: Review and Herald Publishing…. From the entry requestless
  • The psalm is an individual thanksgiving that publicizes the psalmist as an encouragement for all who struggle to remain loyal to their God.2002, Richard J. Clifford, “Psalm 34”, in Psalms 1–72 (Abingdon Old Testament Commentaries), Nashville, Tenn.: Abingdon Press, →ISBN, page…. From the entry acrostic
  • It lists detailed instructions to 'eucharistise' the bread on her table, sign the bread three times, and speak a concluding prayer and thanksgiving which includes a petition for 'heavenly nourishment'.2013, Elizabeth Harrington, David Orr, Carmel Pilcher, Vatican Council II: Reforming Liturgy, page 158. From the entry eucharistise

Meaning of thanksgiving

  1. noun The expression of gratitude.
  2. noun A short prayer said at meals; grace, a benediction.
  3. noun A public celebration in acknowledgement of divine favour.

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Questions about thanksgiving in a sentence

How do you use thanksgiving in a sentence?
Thanksgiving is used as a noun. For example: “The churching of women traditionally includes thanksgiving for the women's survival of childbirth.”
What is a short sentence with thanksgiving?
“Thanksgiving always falls on a Thursday.”
What does thanksgiving mean?
Thanksgiving means the expression of gratitude.

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