How to Use commemoration in a Sentence

commemoration

noun

• Several well-known celebrities attended the commemoration.
• They could be struck with the image of the bridge on one side and a commemoration on the other.
  — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 6 Apr. 2024
• In fact, Juneteenth – which takes place on June 19 – is the oldest commemoration of the end of slavery in the U.S.
  — Fox News, 19 June 2021
• By this time next month, the commemoration will be long passed.
  — Roy S. Johnson | [e-mail], al, 13 May 2021
• Juneteenth is the June 19 commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States.
  — Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 19 June 2021
• The government over the years has tried to suppress commemoration of the event.
  — Keith Zhai, WSJ, 6 June 2021
• Last year, Kate led the commemorations with the Welsh Guards at a barracks near Windsor.
  — Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 18 Jan. 2024
• The commemoration of Good Friday is a solemn and holy event for Christians.
  — John Thomas Iii | Religion News Service, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Apr. 2021
• The dance is a commemoration of sorts, of what happened here in the past, but it’s also a celebration for the present and the future.
  — Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 May 2022
• The City’s role in the commemoration will be to highlight and support the number of programs taking place during the year.
  — Shauna Stuart | [e-mail], al, 24 Dec. 2022
• The shower is thought of as a commemoration of when Zeus met with Danaë, Perseus’ mother, and arrived in a shower of gold.
  — Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com, 11 Aug. 2021
• An annual commemoration takes place at the former grounds of the camp, which was built in 1941.
  — Cnaan Liphshiz, sun-sentinel.com, 22 Apr. 2021
• The scene of the crime and the shape of the commemoration recalled another murder, from 2016, which had sparked Korea’s version of the #MeToo movement.
  — E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 14 July 2023
• Pelosi, age 84, traveled to Europe as part of the 80th anniversary commemoration of The Battle of the Bulge.
  — Nina Shapiro, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
• The rare chance for the public to get close to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier falls on its centennial commemoration.
  — Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN, 9 Nov. 2021
• The first Pride parade was in commemoration of the Stonewall Riots, after all.
  — Martin Lerma, Robb Report, 21 June 2021
• In an Instagram story, Teigen talked more about how deeply painful the one-year commemoration of Jack's death is.
  — Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 29 Sep. 2021
• These are just a few of the names of children who were murdered at Auschwitz that were listed in a recent, online commemoration.
  — Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 29 Apr. 2024
• That same courage and commitment are needed today, and this commemoration is a call up to both.
  — Shauna Stuart | [e-mail], al, 19 Feb. 2023
• While the commemoration focused on the Pittsburgh attack, there were reminders of the ongoing war in the Middle East.
  — Peter Smith The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2023
• This year, that will fall Jan. 20, but commemorations will occur throughout the week.
  — Myrna Petlicki, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2025
• His coffin will be draped in his personal standard, and his naval cap and sword will be laid on the coffin in commemoration of his service in the British Navy.
  — Carly Ortiz-Lytle, Washington Examiner, 10 Apr. 2021
• The mosque is holding its commemoration a day early to fall on a Friday, a special weekly prayer day, in a sign of respect.
  — Fox News, 12 Nov. 2021
• During each day of Kwanzaa, one of the candles is lit in commemoration of each of the seven principles.
  — Stephanie Sengwe, Peoplemag, 26 Dec. 2022
• The announcement comes on the one-month commemoration of the wildfire, which killed at least 115 people and displaced thousands more.
  — Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC News, 8 Sep. 2023
• In commemoration of that, the stable received the Keeneland Tray, becoming just the 21st owner to accomplish the feat.
  — Steve Bittenbender, The Courier-Journal, 4 Apr. 2021
• This year that commemoration comes with a promise that the deaths of those 18 Chinese men will be recognized within the fabric of our city.
  — Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2021
• What hadn't struck me, in my capacity as a white guy from the suburbs, is that some people view the film and its commemoration as raw bigotry.
  — Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 14 July 2024
• This kind of commemoration was seen later during the Viking Age, as the Vikings would honor the dead (often leaders) with runestones.
  — Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 3 Feb. 2025
• Those events are so central to Alabama's history from the Civil Rights Movement that the state's tourism department is promoting the commemorations on its website.
  — Russell Contreras, Axios, 30 Jan. 2025