How to Use celebrant in a Sentence

celebrant

noun

• The bishop will be the main celebrant.
• The celebrants lit their candles.
• Run through the celebrant script with a few close friends.
  — Boutayna Chokrane, Vogue, 3 Nov. 2023
• The seat map will show a birthday cake in a celebrant’s seat.
  — Scott McCartney, WSJ, 20 June 2018
• The one-on-one time in the dressing room when the celebrant’s whole demeanor can change.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 17 Apr. 2021
• The celebrant wore black sandals and kept her hair down with the daring look.
  — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 19 Apr. 2019
• After a few hours, celebrants break for boudin, a spicy sausage treat.
  — National Geographic, 12 Feb. 2020
• Soon, celebrants looked for a way to turn the time after church into more of a party.
  — Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 6 Oct. 2017
• So much so that celebrants in the streets have sometimes been inspired to climb balcony poles to reach then.
  — Doug MacCash, NOLA.com, 9 Feb. 2018
• Even that was unclear to many celebrants, said their lawyer, Nathaniel Garrett.
  — Richard Wolf, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2018
• The go-to pandemic choice is a drive-by: The celebrant hands out goody bags in front of their house to a car parade of friends who shout mazel tovs out their windows.
  — Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2021
• The bowls have a purpose: to scoop up servings of mescal punch from a 55-gallon drum at a downtown park, where celebrants dance as a brass band blares away.
  — Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 17 Jan. 2024
• The groom’s mother is a wedding and life-cycle celebrant.
  — New York Times, 2 July 2017
• The celebrants with World Cup-energy roiled in the streets and waved Palestinian flags to mark the occasion.
  — NBC News, 25 Nov. 2023
• Shayla wore shades and a letterman’s jacket and was all dolled up as a celebrant should be.
  — Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 8 June 2023
• The style of dress at Nigerian occasions will vary, depending on the tribe of the celebrants.
  — Adenike Olanrewaju, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2019
• Some celebrants were clad in red, white, and blue, sporting everything from Uncle Sam hats to socks adorned with stars and stripes.
  — Alex Koller, BostonGlobe.com, 5 July 2023
• And, 16 percent of Halloween celebrants plan on dressing their pet in a costume this year.
  — Emily Valla, idahostatesman, 22 Oct. 2017
• Of course, a lot of Halloween fun is spent choosing a cute or scary costume to wear and 69% of Halloween celebrants will be dressing up this year.
  — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2023
• Yours is a chapter in the ancient war between sleeper and celebrant.
  — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2023
• Quinceañera applies to both the celebration and the celebrant.
  — Ray Chavez, The Mercury News, 17 June 2019
• In the late 19th century, celebrants parading the streets first started throwing bonbons to the crowds lining the streets.
  — Alejandra Borunda, National Geographic, 22 Feb. 2019
• The mass, in which 30 other priests were celebrants, was broadcast on rock-concert size speakers for the thousands who could not fit into the tent.
  — Johnny Miller, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Apr. 2018
• My vision was to have a Celebration of Life while the celebrants were still living.
  — Steve West, sun-sentinel.com, 14 June 2019
• TriMet expects many runners and celebrants will use buses and MAX trains to make their way downtown.
  — oregonlive, 9 Mar. 2023
• The other celebrant, Qin’s now ex-wife Liu, has her own ties to the Adams administration.
  — Michael Gartland, New York Daily News, 15 Apr. 2024
• Nearly 12 hours later at 4 a.m., the party was still going with a handful of celebrants dancing on the roof.
  — Alix Strauss, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2023
• But does an 8-1 Game 4 spanking in Edmonton give pause to the would-bet celebrants in South Florida?
  — Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 16 June 2024
• Inside the church, celebrants surrounded the open casket and intoned a few hymns to begin the service.
  — Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 13 Apr. 2023
• Music blasted through the speakers as both celebrants, who were dressed in more elaborate clothing, and strangers danced along.
  — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 8 July 2024

Last Updated: 4 Dec 2024