How to Use Palm Sunday in a Sentence

Palm Sunday

noun
  • What day is Palm Sunday this year?
    — Chris Sims, Louisville Courier Journal, 11 Feb. 2026
  • What day is Palm Sunday this year?
    — Chris Sims, IndyStar, 10 Feb. 2026
  • What day is Palm Sunday this year?
    — Chris Sims, IndyStar, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Good Palm Sunday morning to you.
    — NBC news, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Rene was in the hospital on Palm Sunday.
    — Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Palm Sunday is March 29 in 2026.
    — Chris Sims, IndyStar, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Palm Sunday is March 29 in 2026.
    — Chris Sims, Louisville Courier Journal, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Palm Sunday is March 29 in 2026.
    — Chris Sims, Louisville Courier Journal, 14 Feb. 2026
  • On Palm Sunday, Carminati placed an olive frond on each coffin.
    — Maria Grazia Murru and Nicole Winfield, Star Tribune, 30 Sep. 2020
  • One day of the visit was Palm Sunday, and Leah and her parents went to church.
    — Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Palm Sunday is on March 29, 2026.
    — Josh Kelly, Oklahoman, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Then comes Palm Sunday followed a week later by the main event, Easter.
    — Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Palm Sunday is Sunday, March 29.
    — Faith Bugenhagen, Austin American Statesman, 20 Mar. 2026
  • But Leo stepped up his criticism starting on Palm Sunday.
    — Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2026
  • The deadline is on Palm Sunday in March 2027.
    — Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Last week, the pontiff skipped his homily during Palm Sunday Mass.
    — Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 31 Mar. 2024
  • Palm Sunday can include reading the Passion.
    — Josh Kelly, Oklahoman, 25 Mar. 2026
  • The message was as clear as modern popes get, especially in their Palm Sunday mass.
    — Andreas Kluth, Twin Cities, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Blood — that’s also the word Leo XIV used on Palm Sunday.
    — Andreas Kluth, Twin Cities, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Ukrainians celebrate Palm Sunday in church marred by dispute.
    — Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2023
  • Unlike the joyous procession of Palm Sunday, this was somber and subdued.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Apr. 2022
  • Palm Sunday opens Holy Week leading up to Easter, which this year falls on April 5.
    — Boston Herald Staff, Boston Herald, 29 Mar. 2026
  • The ashes are created by burning palms from the previous year's Palm Sunday.
    — Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Palm Sunday marks the start of Holy Week, the most sacred week in the Christian calendar.
    — John Odenthal, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Palm Sunday begins the Christian Holy Week, which ends with Easter.
    — CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
  • From Palm Sunday to the victory of Easter seven days later is what defines the faith.
    — Lauren Green, Fox News, 4 Apr. 2023
  • The pope quoted from Book of Isaiah on Palm Sunday to criticize the war on Iran.
    — Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
  • On this day, priests and pastors smear ashes from the previous year's Palm Sunday palms on the attendees' foreheads.
    — Jennifer Aldrich, Country Living, 22 Feb. 2019
  • On Palm Sunday, Russian missile strikes killed 35 civilians.
    — CBS News, 19 Dec. 2025
  • The blessed palm branches from Palm Sunday are saved and later burned to create the ashes for Ash Wednesday.
    — Maeghan Dolph, Fox News, 14 Feb. 2024

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