How to Use Mardi Gras in a Sentence

Mardi Gras

noun

• It was a Mardi Gras to remember!
• We're going to New Orleans for Mardi Gras.
• This year’s theme is Mardi Gras, so you’re encouraged to dress the part.
  — Ben Crandell, Sun Sentinel, 16 Feb. 2023
• The character will have a new look, a new company to run and some new friends along for the ride to Mardi Gras.
  — Janine Rubenstein, Peoplemag, 2 June 2023
• Enjoy this on a cool winter night or serve it for Mardi Gras.
  — Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Jan. 2023
• As the Mardi Gras approached the sailboat, the crew lowered a lifeboat to make the rescue just after 1 a.m. Monday.
  — Dave Berman, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2023
• Even the colors of the icing (and royal colors of Mardi Gras) have a deeper meaning.
  — Michelle Darrisaw, Southern Living, 29 Jan. 2024
• Nowadays, Moon Pies are tossed from floats during Mardi Gras.
  — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 6 Apr. 2024
• The city just came off a successful and safe Mardi Gras, and crime is down in numerous major areas.
  — Daniella Silva, NBC News, 28 Feb. 2023
• Many of the costumes in parade scenes were inspired by the colorful palette of Mardi Gras in New Orleans.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 May 2023
• Similar to the King's Cake custom at Mardi Gras, there is often a small baby figurine inside one of the slices.
  — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Oct. 2023
• But Tanya’s folk-hero status (there was a krewe dedicated to her this year at Mardi Gras) glosses over her faults.
  — Vulture, 31 Mar. 2023
• New Orleans is best known for its music, food, and the popular Mardi Gras festival.
  — Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 20 June 2024
• Kaser, 25, is hunched over a laptop in the corner now, dressed in all black with bookish glasses and a necklace strung with what resemble Mardi Gras beads.
  — Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 28 June 2024
• Attendees can walk with SeaWorld performers and the Mardi Gras brass band and dance through park pathways to lively music.
  — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Jan. 2024
• Another performer sported high heels and long tassel earrings, part of a green and purple get-up that felt Mardi Gras inspired.
  — Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 17 May 2023
• At a Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans, three men tossed around what looked like a football — but was a baby pig, according to a bystander.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 21 Feb. 2024
• While Mardi Gras World isn’t exactly a secret, the attraction’s behind-the-scenes tours of parade float-making are special.
  — Lanee Lee, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
• There’s always something to celebrate in New Orleans, not just during Mardi Gras.
  — Ana Castro, Bon Appétit, 15 Nov. 2023
• In New Orleanian culture, a krewe is a band that comes together to parade during Mardi Gras.
  — Ashley W. Simpson, Robb Report, 19 Apr. 2023
• In Vermont, downtown Burlington had a Mardi Gras vibe yesterday,as people packed the pedestrian mall.
  — Maura Barrett, NBC News, 8 Apr. 2024
• Using color modes, the lights can be set to festive holiday motifs suitable for Christmas, Halloween, and Mardi Gras.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 25 Apr. 2023
• Tour the exhibits here to observe the intricacy of Mardi Gras costumes up close, and tons of other splendid regalia that has been collected over a period of decades.
  — Jaha Nailah Avery, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 June 2024
• City Council banned Mylar confetti cannons last year after one of them caused a Mardi Gras power outage.
  — Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 7 Aug. 2024
• For Buffett and his fans, each show was a minor Mardi Gras, a space where people could forget about everything else going on in their lives and enjoy something fun, festive, and a little weird.
  — Nick Murray, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2023
• Buffett, who had a lifelong love of New Orleans, often compared his tours and music to Mardi Gras, where people could come to blow off steam or let loose before returning to real life.
  — Kim Bellware, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Sep. 2023
• Before more than a million people could swarm the streets of New Orleans for Mardi Gras, a group of wildlife officials patrolled the streets for potentially dangerous creatures.
  — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 16 Feb. 2024
• Cakes are often covered in icing, frosting or other decorations in the colors of Mardi Gras: yellow, green and purple.
  — Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 29 Jan. 2024
• Residents unwind at its famed, raucous take on Mardi Gras and annual Elvis festival, and relish dirt-track and dragon boat racing.
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2024
• Any person using masks in theatrical productions, including use in Mardi Gras celebrations and masquerade balls.
  — Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 1 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Dec 2024