How to Use Bastille Day in a Sentence

Bastille Day

noun
  • On Bastille Day, Quentin’s unit took flight over the German lines.
    — Fiona Donovan, Vanity Fair, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Here are a few ideas for planning your Bastille Day celebration at home.
    — Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 9 July 2020
  • The wine bar is hosting a Bastille Day Wine Class starting at 1 pm.
    — Anna Spiegel, Axios, 12 July 2024
  • That was one degree hotter than the old record for Bastille Day in Washington.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 15 July 2024
  • The first aerial sorties went up at midnight on Bastille Day, July 14.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
  • Russia’s war in Ukraine – central to last year’s Bastille Day celebrations – echoed in this year’s events as well.
    — Angela Charlton and Youcef Bounab, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 July 2023
  • The timbre of the suffrage story changed on July 14, Bastille Day, after a month of the charade.
    — Alli Hartley-Kong, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Oct. 2020
  • Fittingly, the uprising was planned for July 14, Bastille Day.
    — Marc M. Arkin, WSJ, 20 Mar. 2022
  • Happy Bastille Day, which is the anniversary of the Storming of the Bastille in 1789.
    — Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 July 2021
  • Save the real experimentation for Bastille Day or Groundhog Day when nobody will be looking.
    — al, 13 Apr. 2022
  • The French government has banned firework sales ahead of Bastille Day celebrations as the country still reels from widespread anti-police riots.
    — Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 9 July 2023
  • But that won’t stop the tower, nor the organizers of the Bastille Day celebration, who are asking for donations to complete more repairs and restoration.
    — Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 23 May 2024
  • The attack at the church also happened less than a half a mile from the site in 2016 where another attacker plowed a truck into a Bastille Day crowd, killing dozens.
    — David Aaro, Fox News, 29 Oct. 2020
  • On Sunday, France celebrates Bastille Day, a national holiday.
    — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 12 July 2024
  • Trump told Kelly about having wounded combat veterans in the Bastille Day military parade, according to the excerpt.
    — Derek Saul, Forbes, 8 Aug. 2022
  • Florczak, the mayor of Jouy-le-Moutier, said the increasing frequency of heat waves would mean that Bastille Day fireworks would likely no longer be a fixture in his city.
    — Constant Méheut, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2023
  • However, some events are ticketed, so be sure to check the complete schedule and activity locations on the L’Alliance Bastille Day website.
    — Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • Almost nine years after their awkward handshake at the 2017 Bastille Day military parade, the two men politely shook hands and expressed their affinity for each other.
    — Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 15 June 2026
  • Admission to the evening Bastille Day concert in Central Park is free, subject to capacity, but early arrival is strongly recommended.
    — Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • Roussel greeted constituents at a rock concert, joined a crowd gathered to watch the fireworks, dropped in on a house party and finally, the following morning, marched in a Bastille Day parade in the neighboring town Fresnes-sur-Escaut.
    — Elisabeth Zerofsky, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2024
  • On July 14, an Islamic State terrorist drove a truck into a crowd of revelers at a Bastille Day celebration in Nice, killing 86 people.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 26 Dec. 2025
  • The Bastille Day Music Festival in Central Park The day’s festivities will culminate in a lively Bastille Day concert.
    — Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • Terrorist Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel drove a cargo truck through a crowd of people celebrating Bastille Day on the Promenade des Anglais in the city of Nice, France.
    — USA Today, 29 June 2026
  • Perhaps it was aimed at stirring memories of 2017, when the Macrons and the Trumps dined together at the Eiffel Tower on Bastille Day after Trump had been guest of honor at the annual parade.
    — Andrew Carey, CNN Money, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Not only are festivities held throughout France—including fireworks, concerts, parties, and a military parade on the Champs-Élysées in Paris—but Bastille Day celebrations also take place in major cities and small towns around the world.
    — Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • Macron invited the Republican president to join him for Bastille Day celebrations in July 2017, including an Eiffel Tower dinner date with their wives.
    — Darlene Superville, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026
  • Lost on Bastille Day, beloved son (the only child of a US president to die in combat), and notably charismatic, the young pilot became a symbol of military courage and honor, the ultimate American casualty of the Great War.
    — Fiona Donovan, Vanity Fair, 30 Dec. 2025
  • New York City will host its ambitious Bastille Day 2026 celebrations on July 12, marking 250 years of Franco-American friendship.
    — Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • Citroen Car Rally Visitors will have a chance to see classic models of the iconic French cars as part of The Greater New York Citroen & Velosolex Bastille Day Rally and Rendezvous.
    — Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • L’Alliance New York is also hosting a two-day Bastille Day celebration at its Montclair, New Jersey campus on Friday, July 10 and Saturday, July 11.
    — Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026

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