How to Use thanksgiving in a Sentence

thanksgiving

noun
  • They sang a hymn of thanksgiving.
  • The theme of thanksgiving, with a small T, was the key.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 2 Dec. 2025
  • Thanksgiving cactus can grow to two feet wide and two feet tall and lives for up to 30 years.
    — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Deer meat was likely the centerpiece of the first thanksgiving.
    — Matthew Every, Outdoor Life, 26 Nov. 2019
  • But once Thanksgiving rolls around, the gauntlet returns.
    — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 May 2026
  • Sunday concludes with a thanksgiving and praise service.
    — Lucia Cheng, Des Moines Register, 7 May 2026
  • For the last six Thanksgivings, Devon has helped a local group give food baskets to the needy.
    — Hiroko Tabuchi and Eric Lipton, New York Times, 20 May 2017
  • In fact, some Thanksgivings have seen multiple balloons go down in the parade.
    — Kate Hogan, PEOPLE, 27 Nov. 2025
  • Go with a traditional prayer of thanksgiving for a familiar choice or go for something more unique.
    — Jorie Nicole McDonald, Southern Living, 7 June 2023
  • My mother always made mincemeat pies for thanksgiving and Christmas.
    — Daniela Galarza, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Some years, of course, are more susceptible to genuine feelings of thanksgiving than others.
    — Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Have a great Thanksgiving everyone, and enjoy your holiday scoop of the crispy!
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Nov. 2025
  • And like its neighbor, Canada’s first thanksgivings tended to be prayerful affairs.
    — Erin Blakemore, National Geographic, 11 Oct. 2019
  • Imagine a hybrid of cornbread and Thanksgiving dressing with a little soufflé mixed in.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Even southeast Michigan sees white Thanksgivings.
    — Brandi D. Addison, Freep.com, 26 Nov. 2025
  • Lots of people love having crescent rolls at their Thanksgiving table, whether made from scratch of from a Pillsbury tube.
    — Matt Blum, WIRED, 24 Nov. 2008
  • Friday highlights include a Pride thanksgiving service and a street dance with a DJ.
    — Shanti Lerner, The Arizona Republic, 8 June 2022
  • Burn it, break it, or deliver a perfect Thanksgiving offering — Younger just doesn’t want to hear about it.
    — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 26 Nov. 2025
  • The Abbey announced there would also be a service of thanksgiving in Hawking's honor later in the year.
    — Ben Westcott, CNN, 20 Mar. 2018
  • The amounts of food cooked and served, and sheer number of mouths to feed at each Sunday production rivaled those at most of my friends’ Thanksgivings.
    — Paulinemercedes, Longreads, 16 June 2017
  • With just a few basic ingredients, this dump cake could easily replace your Thanksgiving pie.
    — Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 5 Dec. 2025
  • Inside the disaster site -- and throughout the nation -- people prayed for more occasions of thanksgiving.
    — Nacha Cattan, Bloomberg.com, 21 Sep. 2017
  • Last Thanksgiving against the Colts, Antonio Brown scored three touchdowns.
    — Clifton Brown, Indianapolis Star, 29 June 2017
  • Celebration and thanksgiving were not the only purpose of the gathering.
    — Steve West, Sun-Sentinel.com, 9 July 2018
  • The good-natured moment onboard came just days before what is expected to be one of the busiest Thanksgiving travel periods on record.
    — Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
  • Thanksgiving movies are harder to pin down, by definition domestic in both their setting and the holiday’s origins.
    — Alex Ross Perry, Vulture, 27 Nov. 2025
  • Ripa and Consuelos have spent many more Thanksgivings together, though.
    — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Nov. 2025
  • Disney holds top 8 Thanksgiving opening weekends.
    — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 30 Nov. 2025
  • In Nigerian churches, fans hoisted aloft replica trophies at thanksgiving prayer services.
    — Lauren Frayer, NPR, 29 May 2026
  • Grazing platters and Thanksgiving tables full of every kind of potato dish have been going viral on social media, and for good reason.
    — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Dec. 2025

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