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Example sentences for "state occasions"

  • Those were the days of paper collars and "made-up" ties, and on state occasions a cluster diamond "bosom pin.

  • There was no champagne standard--champagne only graced the table on solemn, state occasions.

  • The highest standard your parents ever aspired to was cider, and that only on state occasions.

  • The sacristy contains some very beautiful sacerdotal robes presented to officiating priests on state occasions; the gems on the richer sakkos being exceptionally beautiful.

  • He disliked pomp and ceremony, restricted the ordinary citizens of noble birth to two horses in their carriages, and reduced the number used by others on State occasions; from his ascent to the throne the court pageantry declined.

  • Until about the middle of the last century the Chestnut was generally regarded as a genuine native of these islands.

  • The female flowers are about four inches long, almost round in shape, but broader at the base than above.

  • The Black Poplar is not a native of this country, but it is generally distributed throughout Europe and Northern Asia.

  • Images of the sun and moon were depicted on the banners which were borne before him on State occasions.

  • In Japan the yatagarasu, as a symbol of the Sun, was depicted on the banners set up in front of the Imperial Palace on State occasions as a mark of sovereignty.

  • The Mikado, on state occasions, stands on the north side of the Hall of Audience.

  • Ruffs were of yellow as well as white, and yellow too were some of the extensive lace collars jewelled and embroidered in gold, which with wired edges outlined the shoulders of all dresses worn on state occasions.

  • Similarly, a rise in temperature is first shown by the instrument as a fall.

  • The use of cast-iron fittings with superheated steam has been widely discussed.

  • The sovereign himself is usually habited in the same manner on state occasions, his body and arms being covered with a bright yellow powder.

  • These are the bow and arrow (gendewa, pana) which are seldom used in modern days, except on state occasions.

  • A king of Lydia who flourished in the 6th century b.

  • Means of the removal of disease or evil; that which heals; a remedy; a restorative.

  • One of an honorable band of gentlemen who attend the sovereign of England on state occasions, and receive an annual pension, or allowance, of £150 and two horses.

  • Gold stick, the colonel of a regiment of English lifeguards, who attends his sovereign on state occasions; -- so called from the gilt rod presented to him by the sovereign when he receives his commission as colonel of the regiment.

  • Gentlemen-at-arms, a band of forty gentlemen who attend the sovereign on state occasions; formerly called gentlemen pensioners.

  • Defn: A fan; especially, the fan carried before the pope on state occasions, made in ostrich and peacock feathers.

  • One of an honorable band of gentlemen who attend the sovereign of England on state occasions, and receive an annual pension, or allowance, of \'9c150 and two horses.

  • A fan; especially, the fan carried before the pope on state occasions, made in ostrich and peacock feathers.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "state occasions" 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:
    but will; charming girl; fifty pounds; nor would; order for; pounds could; professional life; public address; state affairs; state appointed; state bank; state church; state enterprises; state for foreign and political affairs; state legislature; state library; state monopoly; state organization; state room; state vice; stated intervals; statement made; states that; summer complaint; true woman; water bottles