How to Use bank holiday in a Sentence

bank holiday

noun
  • Soak up the bank holiday rays from one of our hot-tubs in the Spa this weekend.
    Rachel Epstein, Marie Claire, 18 May 2018
  • Will there be a British bank holiday for the Platinum Jubilee?
    Radhika Seth, Vogue, 21 Jan. 2022
  • May 9 is normally a bank holiday in Ukraine, too, but not this year, because of the war.
    Susie Blann, BostonGlobe.com, 8 May 2023
  • There's nothing like a Slack outage to start the week off after a bank holiday.
    Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 22 Feb. 2022
  • In Britain, markets will also be closed on Monday for the spring bank holiday.
    New York Times, 27 May 2018
  • July 4 is a bank holiday, so most banks throughout the country will be closed.
    Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 3 July 2022
  • So, the United Kingdom will have a four-day bank holiday for the Platinum Jubilee.
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 31 May 2022
  • Lovebirds isn’t the only must-see new project out on Netflix for the bank holiday weekend.
    Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 22 May 2020
  • There will be a three-day weekend in the United Kingdom, with May 8th as an extra bank holiday.
    Catherine Garcia, The Week, 2 May 2023
  • And not just because of the subtropical bank holiday weekend that we have just been treated to in the UK.
    SI.com, 27 Aug. 2019
  • Since Thanksgiving is a bank holiday, most banks will be closed.
    Jennifer Korn, CNN, 24 Nov. 2022
  • Trading volumes were lighter than normal at the start of the week due to a bank holiday in Australia’s most populous state.
    WSJ, 7 Aug. 2023
  • The £28 million cost does not account for the impact of a one-off extra bank holiday arranged on Friday.
    Christine Mui, Fortune, 4 June 2022
  • Tomorrow kicks off a four-day bank holiday in honor of the British monarch, which will start with the annual Trooping the Color.
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 1 June 2022
  • Monday’s moves in metals were muted with the London market closed for a bank holiday.
    Amrith Ramkumar, WSJ, 7 May 2018
  • Monday is a bank holiday, at least for the Federal Reserve's banks and branches.
    Kate Gibson, CBS News, 9 Oct. 2023
  • The fee will be rolled out on a trial basis mainly during spring bank holidays and summer weekends when the city is at its most crowded.
    Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Banks Presidents Day is a bank holiday in the Federal Reserve system, so most banks will be closed.
    Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 19 Feb. 2023
  • In her honor, there will be numerous celebrations and a four-day bank holiday from June 2 to June 5.
    Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 2 June 2022
  • Yes, there will be an additional one-off bank holiday in England for the Platinum Jubilee on June 3.
    Radhika Seth, Vogue, 21 Jan. 2022
  • Labor Day is a bank holiday, so most banks will be closed — however, online banking and ATMs will be available for use.
    Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 4 Sep. 2022
  • Like other businesses, many cinema chains in the U.K. will shut on Monday, which is a bank holiday due to the funeral.
    Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Sep. 2022
  • Although the extra bank holiday muddied the picture, there were signs that confidence is ebbing as the squeeze from rising energy and food prices takes a toll.
    Philip Aldrick, Fortune, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Memorial Day is a bank holiday, meaning all branches will be closed.
    Bychris Morris, Fortune, 29 May 2023
  • For many Alaskans, Alaska Day is just another bank holiday.
    Visit Sitka, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Oct. 2021
  • The government has ruled out declaring a bank holiday — British parlance for a national day off — if England wins.
    Mark Landler, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Death registrations may have been lower in the previous week due to the bank holiday, the government agency said.
    Eddie Spence, Bloomberg.com, 22 Sep. 2020
  • That way, employees receive their direct deposit the day before the bank holiday.
    Mike Kappel, Forbes, 26 May 2021
  • But others have called on making the bank holiday an annual affair.
    Jeva Lange, The Week, 30 May 2022
  • The volume of goods sold in stores and online is expected to have dipped 0.2% last month, following a 0.1% decline in June that was partly cushioned by a jump in food sales over the Jubilee bank holiday.
    Charles Capel, Bloomberg.com, 18 Aug. 2022

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