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Example sentences for "celebrate the"

  • I was greatly struck with this at the dinner given to Dilke in 1910 to celebrate the passing of the Trade Boards Act.

  • Augustus was highly pleased with the poet's performance, and two years' afterwards he commanded him to celebrate the victory of his step-sons Drusus and Tiberius over the Rhaeti and Vindelici.

  • Trebatius replies: "Cease to write, or if you cannot do that, celebrate the exploits of Caesar.

  • We have seen that Livius Andronicus was selected to celebrate the victory of Sena, [35] and there is an ode of Catullus [36] which seems to refer to some similar occasion.

  • St. Leo says, we ought to celebrate the chair of St. Peter with no less joy than the day of his martyrdom; for as in this he was exalted to a throne of glory in heaven, so by the former he was installed head of the church on earth.

  • St. Joseph being a strict observer of the Mosaic law, in conformity to its direction, annually repaired to Jerusalem to celebrate the passover.

  • Villa Lemmi, which was decorated by Botticelli to celebrate the Nuptials of Lorenzo Tornabuoni and Giovanna Albizzi.

  • In 1393, when he had somewhat recovered from his madness, a grand masked ball was given to celebrate the wedding of one of the ladies of honour who was a widow.

  • So, both parties being agreed, they went to Rome to celebrate the nuptials, the senate dispensing with the law by which a widow was not permitted to marry till ten months after the death of her husband.

  • Thus "in Little Russia it used to be the custom at Eastertide to celebrate the funeral of a being called Kostrubonko, the deity of the spring.

  • The Oraons of Bengal, it may be remembered, celebrate the marriage of earth in the springtime, when the sal-tree is in blossom.

  • The village swains go about in a troop to look at the pots and their decorations and to wait for the girls, who assemble on the public square to celebrate the festival.

  • We must organize a little dinner to celebrate the event; do come and stay the night with us!

  • A dinner was held at the Corn Exchange, Norwich, to celebrate the return of Mr. T.

  • The work of excavation was begun in the Lowestoft section on September 4th, when Mr. Crisp Brown dug the first spadeful of earth, and a dinner and aquatic sports were held to celebrate the event.

  • The result of the Parliamentary proceedings gave rise to great rejoicings at Yarmouth, where, on May 18th, a dinner was held to celebrate the defeat of the Bill.

  • Great festivities took place at Rainham Hall to celebrate the arrival of the Marquis Townshend.

  • The Es-Sfaxee wished to have a feast to celebrate the arrival of this good news, but I cannot join in such a demonstration.

  • It is the eve of Ramadhan, and our people fired shots here and there to celebrate the occasion.

  • In the evening the people contrived to celebrate the preliminaries of the approaching nuptials.

  • I heard that Sir Alfred had also read a despatch from Mr Chamberlain, which was to the effect that at the opening of the railway to Bulawayo he was anxious to send a message to the settlers assembled to celebrate the event.

  • We celebrate the birthday of Washington like the birthday of a king.

  • I am proposing a public-private partnership to advance our arts and humanities and to celebrate the millennium by saving America's treasures great and small.

  • Let's work together to write bipartisan campaign finance reform into law and pass McCain-Feingold by the day we celebrate the birth of our democracy, July the 4th.

  • We English," said Douglas Jerrold, "would dine to celebrate the engulfing of England.

  • A Relacion of the festivities held to celebrate the birth of Philip IV.

  • Ain't that a nice way to celebrate the ever-glorious Fourth!

  • He says a big bonfire is the noblest way to celebrate the ever-glorious Fourth, and he's never missed a single one since we signed the Declaration of Independence from the Germans!

  • Then contriving a particularly cruel thrust he added maliciously: "This'll be a nice way to celebrate the ever-glorious Fourth!

  • She likes to celebrate the ever-glorious Fourth, and she says she's never missed a bonfire since we signed the Declaration of Independence from the Germans!


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "celebrate the" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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