How to Use Fat Tuesday in a Sentence

Fat Tuesday

noun
  • Though Fat Tuesday is still a week away, the good times are already rolling.
    — Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2024
  • The term Mardi Gras only refers to the final day, also known as Fat Tuesday.
    — Cameron Jenkins, Good Housekeeping, 24 Jan. 2023
  • In the United States, the first-ever Fat Tuesday is believed to have occurred in 1699.
    — Eshaan Sarup, The Arizona Republic, 13 Feb. 2024
  • In the years that followed, French travelers would come to the spot explicitly for Fat Tuesday celebrations.
    — Leah Silverman, Town & Country, 12 Jan. 2022
  • Mardi Gras Indians aren’t limited to parading on Fat Tuesday.
    — Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Feb. 2023
  • So entertaining, in fact, that social media is flooded with photos of the Fat Tuesday festivity every year.
    — Jorie Nicole McDonald, Southern Living, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday, is the last day of indulgence allowed before the period of fasting and penitence.
    — al, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Signature Mardi Gras events, culminating in Fat Tuesday, are expected to draw thousands to the city.
    — Shannon McDonagh, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
  • The date for Fat Tuesday is calculated by counting back from Easter Sunday, which varies with a calculation involving the spring equinox and a full moon.
    — al, 2 Jan. 2023
  • Nord's is asking for at least 48-hour notice for an order, but there will be a limited number of King Cakes available for walk-in customers on Fat Tuesday.
    — Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 15 Feb. 2023
  • On the holiday — which is also celebrated as Fat Tuesday — customers will be able to reap the benefits of Popeyes’ happy hour menu pricing all day long, with deals starting at just $2, the company said.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 25 Feb. 2025

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