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Example sentences for "great event"

  • The departure of the 'Moses Taylor' was evidently regarded as a great event at Honolulu.

  • The Germans also give an annual picnic, which is a great event in the place.

  • A great event in Talbot is the Annual FĂȘte, held on the Prince of Wales's birthday, which is observed as a public holiday in Victoria.

  • A visit to him was always a great event, but perhaps those who enjoyed him most were his intimates in "Tom Quadrangle.

  • But at Daresbury itself life was very monotonous; even the passing of a cart was a great event, and going away was a great adventure.

  • Such was the condition of the circle on the Aventine, when a great event happened in Rome.

  • Torches began to gleam by all the darkling ways, and the population poured forth in the excitement of a great event.

  • His arrival in Marcella's hospitable house, with its crowds of feminine visitors, was in every way a great event.

  • The public recital given every year in the Town Hall by Herr Hoffmann's best pupils was a great event, at which many of the most critical music lovers in the city were generally present.

  • The Schleppenkur is a great event in Berlin.

  • It was to be lighted for the first time with electricity--a great event.

  • The opening of the Rigsdag is a great event in Stockholm.

  • The going and coming of the Fur Brigade was the one great event of the year to those nomadic people who stood watching and waving to the fast-vanishing flotilla.

  • Illustration: The departure of the Fur Brigade was the one great event of the year.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "great event" 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:
    great admirer; great agitation; great band; great bend; great builder; great convenience; great crime; great dinner; great discovery; great distinction; great iron; great magician; great men; great noise; great plenty; great pomp; great price; great quantities; great reason; great regret; great renown; great sense; great stature; great time; greater extent; greater things