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Example sentences for "festal"

Lexicographically close words:
fess; fessa; fesse; fest; festa; festas; feste; festen; fester; festered
  1. But his sermons did not have the good fortune to be printed, except the first on that subject, and a few others on other festal occasions.

  2. He reached Manila and assumed his office amid great acclamation and pomp on the festal day of September eight, the day consecrated to the birth of the most holy Virgin.

  3. It had held out its laden arms to her on so many festal occasions that Georgina had grown to feel that it took a human interest in all her celebrations.

  4. She wished that a storm would come up to keep everybody at the house overnight and thus prolong the festal feeling.

  5. It was in itself very old:(9) long before Rome arose, the merry youths of Latium may have improvised on festal occasions in the masks once for all established for particular characters.

  6. The cities and islands sent messengers to meet him, wherever he went, and to invite "the delivering god" to visit them; and in festal attire the citizens flocked forth in front of their gates to receive him.

  7. Ill with King James's mood that day Suited gay feast and minstrel lay; Soon were dismissed the courtly throng, And soon cut short the festal song.

  8. Then uproar wild and misarray Marred the fair form of festal day.

  9. To mourning now the monarch's / festal tide had passed, As falls that joy to sorrow / turneth ever at the last.

  10. Joshua’s filthy garments are replaced by festal and official robes.

  11. The Angel orders his servants, those that stand before him,[826] to give him clean festal robes.

  12. The wedding taper, which was then burning low in its socket, cast its equivocal rays upon the gorgeous bowls and dishes, which covered the festal board.

  13. Nor, as it appears from the details of their festal entry preserved to us,[91] were the young couple less anxious to impress their subjects favourably.

  14. On this occasion we hear nothing of festal processions and olive branches, of balls, tournaments, or speechifications.

  15. There are yet preserved on festal days, in certain districts of France," said he, "certain popular dramatic performances.

  16. In like manner, a pleasurable sight or a suggestive thought will quicken the pulse of an intelligent man, whereas his stupid brother may be the spectator of festal or solemn scenes and the auditor of noble eloquence with scarcely a change.

  17. Blessed the mourning, which prepares for the festal garland and the oil of gladness and the robe of praise, instead of ashes on the head and sackcloth on the spirit!

  18. The accusations are dismissed, their bringer rebuked, and in token of acquittal, the filthy garments which the accused had worn are changed for the full festal attire of the high priest.

  19. With the priesthood it seems there came the observance of certain days for religious or festal purposes--New Moon days, Full Moon days, and the like.

  20. Now, the Romans, like all other ancient nations, had certain festal days in which it was not thought proper to labor unless work was pressing.

  21. One day of festal pride to lie Upon the loved one's heart--what more?

  22. Of rapture thrills the leaguered camps The tinkling showers like cymbals clash Upon the late leaves of the ash, And blossoms hang like festal lamps On all the trees around.

  23. He was an old man, gaunt and bowed, and his festal trappings seemed rather incongruous decorations.

  24. All his festal trappings had been laid aside; he was a grave, wrinkled man in the ordinary attire of a woodsman.

  25. The flares of moving torches lighted all and the smoke from them wavered above the plumes of the festal costumes and spread the illumination among the swaying boughs of the spruces and the pines.

  26. Beholding them on the horizon, myself and all the people will know that you are coming back victorious, and will welcome you with such a festal uproar as Athens never heard before.

  27. If your appetites tell you it is dinner time, then come with me to the festal saloon.

  28. This text, since it is a commandment, implies that obedience to it, and therefore the realisation of this continual festal aspect of life, is very largely in our own power.

  29. We might have expected that he would have said, 'Let us put on the festal robes.

  30. It is not enough that there should be festal gladness, not enough that there should be calm repose, not enough that there should be flashing glory, not enough that there should be fulness of life.

  31. The published work is a short movement in C in two divisions, having a broad theme of a festal character, Andante maestoso and Polonaise rhythm.

  32. M226 Swinging as a festal rite in modern Greece and Italy.

  33. M226) In modern Greece and Italy the custom of swinging as a festal rite, whatever its origin may be, is still observed in some places.

  34. Heliogabalus, that table-covers were embroidered for the emperor, representing the dishes which were to be placed upon them at the festal table of this epicure.

  35. Every ancient record shows how early decoration of dress by needlework began, and how far it had gone; and when we read of festal hospitalities and marriage gifts, embroidered garments are invariably named.

  36. Sister Mary of the Crucifix, in her sumptuous gown of shot-silk, with pearls wound through her reddish hair and hanging on her bare shoulders, might have stepped from some festal canvas of Bonifazio's.

  37. The streets were still crowded with holiday-makers and decked out with festal hangings.

  38. If your appetites tell you it is dinner-time, then come with me to the festal saloon.

  39. Her wrinkled visage actually gleamed with triumph, as if the soul within her were a festal lamp.

  40. A ray of sunshine never visits this apartment any more than the glare of the festal torches, which have been extinguished from the era of the Revolution.

  41. A sound of music was heard without the house, as if proceeding from a full band of military instruments stationed in the street, playing not such a festal strain as was suited to the occasion, but a slow funeral march.

  42. They gathered followers from all that giddy tribe whose whole life is like the festal days of soberer men.

  43. Simonides passed much of his life at the courts of princes, and often employed his talents in panegyric and festal odes, receiving his reward from the munificence of those whose exploits he celebrated.

  44. With what lavish offerings will we display our gratitude to the gods, and how merry will we be at the festal board!

  45. With a countenance as serene as if he were taking his place at a festal board, he commanded Philoctetes to apply the torch.

  46. But vanity is exacting; and as Scopas sat at his festal board among his courtiers and sycophants, he grudged every verse that did not rehearse his own praises.


  47. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "festal" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    comfortable; convivial; festal; festive; gala; gay; gladsome; hilarious; holiday; jolly; jovial; joyful; joyous; merry; merrymaking; quiet; restful