How to Use commemoration in a Sentence

commemoration

noun
  • Several well-known celebrities attended the commemoration.
  • By this time next month, the commemoration will be long passed.
    — Roy S. Johnson | [email protected], al, 13 May 2021
  • They could be struck with the image of the bridge on one side and a commemoration on the other.
    — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 6 Apr. 2024
  • The rafts of prayer flags on the slopes above Laya are not commemorations of the lost, exactly.
    — Chris Jones, WSJ, 4 Feb. 2020
  • The only kind of commemoration that might be hard to come by is any note of meaningful critique.
    — The Economist, 9 Jan. 2020
  • The government over the years has tried to suppress commemoration of the event.
    — Keith Zhai, WSJ, 6 June 2021
  • Seeing the commemoration of events key to my own coming-of-age was certainly part of the draw for me.
    — Claudia Dreifus, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2020
  • That same courage and commitment are needed today, and this commemoration is a call up to both.
    — Shauna Stuart | [email protected], al, 19 Feb. 2023
  • The ad kicks off a year of commemoration for Miller Lite, Taylor writes.
    — Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
  • One man sadly watched the commemoration from a sidewalk in Tehran, not taking part.
    — Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Should it more properly be called a commemoration?
    — Dr. Matthew Warshauer, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2026
  • Many Jews will gather with friends and family to eat special foods and hold commemorations.
    — Victoria E. Freile, Freep.com, 22 Sep. 2025
  • The commemoration of Good Friday is a solemn and holy event for Christians.
    — John Thomas Iii | Religion News Service, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Apr. 2021
  • These are just a few of the names of children who were murdered at Auschwitz that were listed in a recent, online commemoration.
    — Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 29 Apr. 2024
  • An annual commemoration takes place at the former grounds of the camp, which was built in 1941.
    — Cnaan Liphshiz, sun-sentinel.com, 22 Apr. 2021
  • Hong Kong for decades was the only place in China where a large-scale public commemoration of the crackdown was held.
    — ABC News, 18 May 2026
  • Hong Kong was for decades the only place in China where a large-scale public commemoration of the crackdown was held.
    — ABC News, 3 June 2026
  • Trump will travel to New York for an evening game by the Yankees that will include a commemoration.
    — Susan Page, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The City’s role in the commemoration will be to highlight and support the number of programs taking place during the year.
    — Shauna Stuart | [email protected], al, 24 Dec. 2022
  • The dip is just the beginning of the commemoration, which Peake says will likely bring new menu offerings throughout the year.
    — Lennie Omalza, Louisville Courier Journal, 23 Dec. 2025
  • Last year, Kate led the commemorations with the Welsh Guards at a barracks near Windsor.
    — Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 18 Jan. 2024
  • In an Instagram story, Teigen talked more about how deeply painful the one-year commemoration of Jack's death is.
    — Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 29 Sep. 2021
  • For its part, Taiwan has opted for more low-key commemorations of the end of Japanese rule of the island.
    — Meredith Oyen, The Conversation, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The first Pride parade was in commemoration of the Stonewall Riots, after all.
    — Martin Lerma, Robb Report, 21 June 2021
  • Kate was pictured at the commemoration sporting her signature brown locks, a switch from her recent honey blonde do earlier this month.
    — Michael Holden, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The new tunnel into the locker room will force the respacing of each championship commemoration on the walk since there will be less room between the curb and the entrance.
    — Michael Casagrande | [email protected], al, 26 Nov. 2019
  • The theme reflects the impacts of Black history commemorations, past, present and future.
    — Alex Perry, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Here are the ways in which states and local governments are making changes to commemorations in light of the allegations against Chávez.
    — Chad De Guzman, Time, 19 Mar. 2026
  • The shower is thought of as a commemoration of when Zeus met with Danaë, Perseus’ mother, and arrived in a shower of gold.
    — Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com, 11 Aug. 2021
  • In commemoration of Dem Babies' 15th birthdays, see their cutest pics with their legendary mom.
    — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 30 Apr. 2026

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