How to Use vacation in a Sentence

vacation

1 of 2 noun
  • I don't have any vacation days left.
  • When are you taking vacation this year?
  • Family vacations were a high point in my childhood.
  • We have a one-week vacation in February.
  • The university will be closed for Christmas vacation.
  • Employees are entitled to 120 hours of paid vacation.
  • Take that vacation and use your miles or points.
    — Terry Savage, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
  • But what kind of vacation would that be?
    — Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
  • Don’t go out of town or on vacation.
    — Jeff Lazerson, Oc Register, 23 Apr. 2026
  • The guard on that side of the fence was out of vacation days.
    — Teju Cole, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2023
  • Your next vacation shouldn't just be to any old beach.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 3 Nov. 2025
  • There are no days off or vacations.
    — Mark Curriden, Dallas Morning News, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Keep scrolling to shop more items for your next vacation.
    — Destinee Scott, Travel + Leisure, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Snag it ahead of your next vacation.
    — Destinee Scott, Travel + Leisure, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Where do fruits go on vacation?
    — Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 2 May 2026
  • Any time spent at the beach is sure to put you in a vacation state of mind.
    — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Sun’s out, guns out – but where to take that beach vacation this year?
    — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 18 June 2026
  • Books, movies, vacations, our kids, the dog, all kinds of things.
    — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Few vacation pieces work this hard.
    — Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 6 June 2026
  • This is a good day to plan for future fun events and vacations.
    — Georgia Nichols, Dallas Morning News, 11 Apr. 2026
  • This is also a great day for a vacation.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Grab it in olive or ash gray before your next vacation.
    — Destinee Scott, Travel + Leisure, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Going on vacation is the fun part, the not-so-fun part?
    — Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Isn’t that what many of us are craving from a vacation these days?
    — Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
  • But the beaches are not just vacation hot spots.
    — Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 16 May 2026
  • Which is better, a beach or a lake vacation?
    — Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • This year is shaping up to be a good one for vacations that stick close to home.
    — Allison Tibaldi, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2026
  • So how should first-time cruisers pack for their vacation?
    — Terri Peters, Southern Living, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Short-term vacation rentals are seeing a spike in both renters and lodgers.
    — Kayla Jimenez, USA TODAY, 30 Mar. 2024
  • Sometimes the best vacation spots are right near home.
    — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 24 May 2026

vacation

2 of 2 verb
  • Here’s where to vacation like—and with—the locals.
    — Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 26 Apr. 2026
  • These people don’t know how to vacation!
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Many may choose to vacation elsewhere.
    — Wilson Santiago Burgos, USA Today, 23 Aug. 2025
  • And what about the people who choose to vacation in these circumstances?
    — CNN, 21 Jan. 2023
  • Their families vacationed at the same time.
    — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Visitors from around the world are welcomed to vacation here.
    — CNN, 24 July 2021
  • Then again, my mother-in-law still vacations with my husband’s ex, so maybe my boundaries are all screwy.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 29 Apr. 2026
  • My wife, Cheryl, and I were vacationing in Paris.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Stacy just doesn’t want to vacation in a place without indoor plumbing.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 13 Mar. 2026
  • To be a part of the greater ‘ohana (family) means being aware and not vacationing in a bubble.
    — Laura Dannen Redman, Robb Report, 14 May 2026
  • What happens when boomers vacation and leave the millennials in charge?
    — Dale Hrabi, WSJ, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Yager was vacationing on Jekyll Island at the time.
    — Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 11 Aug. 2025
  • He was shot dead in front of his wife and children while vacationing in Majorca.
    — Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Bojeh lived next door to where the Kraft brothers and Puchan were vacationing.
    — Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Break out your Céline sandals and get ready to vacation like Europe’s elite.
    — Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Shields snapped a selfie with Henchy as the family vacationed in Italy.
    — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Sitting at the counter or bar at a restaurant can be a good way to meet other travelers when vacationing alone.
    — Lucy Handley, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2025
  • In many cases, this awareness is also shaping how and where people vacation.
    — Simmone Shah, Time, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Rhule and Kraft still vacation together.
    — Chris Vannini, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Earlier that month, the pair vacationed in Mexico and were filmed dancing with the same group of friends.
    — Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 4 Feb. 2024
  • When vacationing at the beach, resorts can help make the experience less stressful all around.
    — Karen Cicero, Parents, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Odom and his then-girlfriend Lucia chose to vacation in Utah to spend some time together.
    — Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Apr. 2021
  • Gray drew on her own experiences vacationing with her family to write the script.
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Many travelers dream of vacationing in a warm, sunny place, ideally by the beach.
    — Opheli Garcia Lawler, Travel + Leisure, 21 Jan. 2026
  • When the fires broke out, my colleague Gio Benitez had been vacationing on Maui.
    — Becky Worley, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Nothing beats the chance to vacation at a chalet-style cabin in the Adirondacks on 80 acres of private land.
    — Isis Briones, House Beautiful, 28 July 2022
  • This is the second family today vacationing from Australia that brought their kid in to meet me.
    — Ronald D. White, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023
  • While Americans now vacation less in every month of the year, summers have seen by far the steepest decline.
    — Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2023
  • There are loads of short-term rentals in town, which cater to an Italian market who often vacation for the month of August.
    — Anne Roderique-Jones, Travel + Leisure, 23 July 2023
  • Jenna shared this sweet photo of the crew vacationing in Nevis back in 2024.
    — Staff Author, PEOPLE, 10 May 2026

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