How to Use Palm Sunday in a Sentence

Palm Sunday

noun

• One day of the visit was Palm Sunday, and Leah and her parents went to church.
  — Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2023
• On Palm Sunday, Carminati placed an olive frond on each coffin.
  — Maria Grazia Murru and Nicole Winfield, Star Tribune, 30 Sep. 2020
• The blessed palm branches from Palm Sunday are saved and later burned to create the ashes for Ash Wednesday.
  — Maeghan Dolph, Fox News, 14 Feb. 2024
• From Palm Sunday to the victory of Easter seven days later is what defines the faith.
  — Lauren Green, Fox News, 4 Apr. 2023
• Unlike the joyous procession of Palm Sunday, this was somber and subdued.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Apr. 2022
• In the Palm Sunday account what is interesting is the animal Jesus chose to ride into the city on.
  — The Rev. Dr. Wm. Louis "lou" Piel, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 27 Mar. 2021
• On this day, priests and pastors smear ashes from the previous year's Palm Sunday palms on the attendees' foreheads.
  — Jennifer Aldrich, Country Living, 20 Feb. 2023
• The ashes are created by burning palms from the previous year's Palm Sunday.
  — Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 12 Feb. 2024
• The ashes are typically created from the palms used during Palm Sunday mass, where they’re burned and crushed into a fine black powder.
  — Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 15 Feb. 2024
• Processions take place from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday, when the entire city is cast with an ethereal candlelit glow.
  — Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 20 Feb. 2024
• Ukrainians celebrate Palm Sunday in church marred by dispute.
  — Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2023
• Multilingual services bring parish together At Palm Sunday Mass, so many families packed into the pews that ushers set up folding chairs in the back.
  — Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 7 Apr. 2023
• Attending Sunday service is an important aspect of the Christian faith, and Palm Sunday is not exception.
  — Annie O’Sullivan, Woman's Day, 3 Apr. 2020
• Traditionally, ashes used on Ash Wednesday are gathered after palms from the previous year's Palm Sunday are burned.
  — Abbey Monsour, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2022
• Among those injured include a security guard, who tried to stop the two suspects from entering the church, which was holding a service for Palm Sunday, according to the Associated Press.
  — Mica Soellner, Washington Examiner, 28 Mar. 2021
• Nearby, researchers discovered a coffee service and fine crockery; the house’s owner, local merchant Johann Wärme, may have laid out the spread for a celebration commemorating Palm Sunday.
  — David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Oct. 2021

Last Updated: 22 Jul 2024