How to Use Bastille Day in a Sentence

Bastille Day

noun

• Happy Bastille Day, which is the anniversary of the Storming of the Bastille in 1789.
  — Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 July 2021
• The timbre of the suffrage story changed on July 14, Bastille Day, after a month of the charade.
  — Alli Hartley-Kong, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Oct. 2020
• Here are a few ideas for planning your Bastille Day celebration at home.
  — Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 9 July 2020
• Russia’s war in Ukraine – central to last year’s Bastille Day celebrations – echoed in this year’s events as well.
  — Angela Charlton and Youcef Bounab, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 July 2023
• The attack at the church also happened less than a half a mile from the site in 2016 where another attacker plowed a truck into a Bastille Day crowd, killing dozens.
  — David Aaro, Fox News, 29 Oct. 2020
• Fittingly, the uprising was planned for July 14, Bastille Day.
  — Marc M. Arkin, WSJ, 20 Mar. 2022
• Florczak, the mayor of Jouy-le-Moutier, said the increasing frequency of heat waves would mean that Bastille Day fireworks would likely no longer be a fixture in his city.
  — Constant Méheut, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2023
• But that won’t stop the tower, nor the organizers of the Bastille Day celebration, who are asking for donations to complete more repairs and restoration.
  — Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 23 May 2024
• The French government has banned firework sales ahead of Bastille Day celebrations as the country still reels from widespread anti-police riots.
  — Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 9 July 2023
• Save the real experimentation for Bastille Day or Groundhog Day when nobody will be looking.
  — al, 13 Apr. 2022
• Roussel greeted constituents at a rock concert, joined a crowd gathered to watch the fireworks, dropped in on a house party and finally, the following morning, marched in a Bastille Day parade in the neighboring town Fresnes-sur-Escaut.
  — Elisabeth Zerofsky, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2024
• Trump told Kelly about having wounded combat veterans in the Bastille Day military parade, according to the excerpt.
  — Derek Saul, Forbes, 8 Aug. 2022
• After returning from a trip to France, which included a Bastille Day celebration including a military parade, Trump wanted a parade of his own.
  — Merdie Nzanga, USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2022
• Seasonal specials enhance the menu, particularly on Bastille Day (July 14), always a festive occasion here.
  — Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2024
• Celebrate Bastille Day while mingling with fellow entrepreneurs, executives, investors and French enthusiasts.
  — Brittany Delay, The Mercury News, 1 July 2024
• Today is Bastille Day, which celebrates the revolutionaries who stormed the political prison and armory in Paris, a physical manifestation of royal authority.
  — Charles Hilu, National Review, 14 July 2022

Last Updated: 17 Aug 2024