How to Use bank holiday in a Sentence

bank holiday

noun
  • Soak up the bank holiday rays from one of our hot-tubs in the Spa this weekend.
    — Rachel Epstein, Marie Claire, 18 May 2018
  • Since Thanksgiving is a bank holiday, most banks will be closed.
    — Jennifer Korn, CNN, 24 Nov. 2022
  • The authorities did not link the bank holiday to the protests.
    — CBS News, 31 Dec. 2025
  • July 4 is a bank holiday, so most banks throughout the country will be closed.
    — Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 3 July 2022
  • There's nothing like a Slack outage to start the week off after a bank holiday.
    — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 4 Jan. 2021
  • May 9 is normally a bank holiday in Ukraine, too, but not this year, because of the war.
    — Susie Blann, BostonGlobe.com, 8 May 2023
  • In other words, banking hours and bank holidays won’t restrict when payments can be made and recorded.
    — Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 20 July 2023
  • Lovebirds isn’t the only must-see new project out on Netflix for the bank holiday weekend.
    — Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 22 May 2020
  • In Britain, markets will also be closed on Monday for the spring bank holiday.
    — New York Times, 27 May 2018
  • Will there be a British bank holiday for the Platinum Jubilee?
    — Radhika Seth, Vogue, 21 Jan. 2022
  • But others have called on making the bank holiday an annual affair.
    — Jeva Lange, The Week, 30 May 2022
  • Memorial Day is a bank holiday, meaning all branches will be closed.
    — Bychris Morris, Fortune, 29 May 2023
  • Monday’s moves in metals were muted with the London market closed for a bank holiday.
    — Amrith Ramkumar, WSJ, 7 May 2018
  • Christmas Eve is not a bank holiday, but specific banks may close branches early.
    — Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 23 Dec. 2024
  • New Year's Eve is not a bank holiday, but specific banks may close branches early.
    — Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Christmas Eve is not a bank holiday, but specific banks may close branches early.
    — Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 20 Dec. 2025
  • The fee will be rolled out on a trial basis mainly during spring bank holidays and summer weekends when the city is at its most crowded.
    — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Here is what to know about the holiday as well as what major/bank holidays remain in 2024.
    — Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 11 Sep. 2024
  • That way, employees receive their direct deposit the day before the bank holiday.
    — Mike Kappel, Forbes, 26 May 2021
  • Trading volumes were lighter than normal at the start of the week due to a bank holiday in Australia’s most populous state.
    — WSJ, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Meanwhile, certain bank branches could close or the country could declare a bank holiday to stave off a deepening crisis.
    — NBC News, 28 Feb. 2022
  • Monday is a bank holiday, at least for the Federal Reserve's banks and branches.
    — Kate Gibson, CBS News, 9 Oct. 2023
  • And not just because of the subtropical bank holiday weekend that we have just been treated to in the UK.
    — SI.com, 27 Aug. 2019
  • Death registrations may have been lower in the previous week due to the bank holiday, the government agency said.
    — Eddie Spence, Bloomberg.com, 22 Sep. 2020
  • Look up religious festivals, bank holidays, and street parties to see what time is best to visit and plan accordingly.
    — Olivia Morelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Jan. 2026
  • The £28 million cost does not account for the impact of a one-off extra bank holiday arranged on Friday.
    — Christine Mui, Fortune, 4 June 2022
  • There will be a three-day weekend in the United Kingdom, with May 8th as an extra bank holiday.
    — Catherine Garcia, The Week, 2 May 2023
  • Although the extra bank holiday muddied the picture, there were signs that confidence is ebbing as the squeeze from rising energy and food prices takes a toll.
    — Philip Aldrick, Fortune, 11 Nov. 2022
  • So, the United Kingdom will have a four-day bank holiday for the Platinum Jubilee.
    — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 5 June 2018
  • Presidents Day is a bank holiday, so some organizations will likely be closed.
    — Julia Gomez, USA Today, 1 Feb. 2026

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