How to Use inauguration in a Sentence

inauguration

noun

• By happenstance, the laser light show on the eve of the inauguration fired up the moment the channel went live.
  — Hari Kumar, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2024
• The hostages were freed the day of Reagan’s inauguration.
  — Valerie J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2023
• The inauguration itself is free and open to the public.
  — Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 20 Dec. 2022
• Joe Biden on Monday was in the middle of his best news cycle in many months, maybe since the inauguration.
  — NBC News, 14 Aug. 2022
• The men admitted to throwing smoke bombs at a line of police trying to keep the mob from the stage set up for Biden's inauguration.
  — Fox News, 9 Sep. 2022
• Both the president of France and the king of Spain were present at the inauguration ceremony in 1928.
  — Simon Willis, Travel + Leisure, 25 Apr. 2024
• The twins got to have some fun attending the inauguration of the Christmas Village in Monaco.
  — Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 23 July 2022
• Although the inauguration date has yet to be announced, it’s being billed for late 2023.
  — Nada El Sawy, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Nov. 2023
• And, of course, Trump didn't stick around for Biden's inauguration, leaving town that morning.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 6 Nov. 2024
• As Gaga performs at Biden’s inauguration, Polansky is in attendance (that’s him next to her in the black mask).
  — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 14 Mar. 2022
• There were no signs of the street protests that held up the inauguration of the previous assembly in 2021 by several hours.
  — Matthew Malinowski, Bloomberg.com, 7 June 2023
• And back home, analysts say Modi’s leading role in the temple’s inauguration could give his party a boost in the buildup to the election in a few months’ time.
  — Rhea Mogul, CNN, 14 Feb. 2024
• In a strike widely blamed on Israel, Haniyeh was killed in an airstrike while in Tehran for the inauguration of the Iranian president.
  — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2024
• The stone’s origins are unknown, but it was believed to have been used in the inauguration of Scottish kings as far back as the early 9th century.
  — Reuters, NBC News, 28 Apr. 2023
• Project 2025 planners, and those who fear it, can live in their delusions, but an inauguration of Trump in January would not usher in a coup d’etat.
  — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 15 Sep. 2024
• Plein tapped New York hip hop royalty Jadakiss to perform a live set at the boutique’s inauguration.
  — Stephanie Hirschmiller, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2023
• Youngkin also brought in big bucks post-election and for his inauguration.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2022
• The day after his inauguration in January 2017, millions of people around the world took part in a Women’s March to protest his rise to power.
  — Maryclaire Dale, Chicago Tribune, 12 May 2023
• For 77 long days between the election and the inauguration, Trump attempted to undermine the result with a lie about fraud.
  — Annie Karni, Vogue, 13 Oct. 2022
• Back in the dawn of the Trump era — just prior to his 2017 inauguration — the line of would-be suck-ups queuing up for face time with the president-elect included a man with a distinguished name.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2023
• But the new mayor took pains to pay heed to Black voters’ concerns, mentioning them in the very first sentences of his inauguration speech, and tipping his hat to Tom Bradley.
  — Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2022
• Bolsonaro traveled to the U.S. days before the end of 2022 and missed his successor's inauguration.
  — Guy Davies, ABC News, 9 Jan. 2023
• The show began with an opening shot of Diane Lockhart, in a black dress and pearls, with her mouth hanging open, watching Mr. Trump’s inauguration.
  — New York Times, 6 Sep. 2022
• That represents 730 days since his inauguration — and a whole lot of other numbers as well.
  — Aamer Madhani, Fortune, 20 Jan. 2023
• The inauguration is paid for by donations and by ticket sales to any inaugural events that are not free, the news release said.
  — Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 19 Dec. 2022
• Her pieces ran the gamut, from dispatches on Barack Obama’s first inauguration to a profile of a group of ice-cream-loving nuns and an ode to a taco truck that became the glue for one small mountain town.
  — James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2023
• After the inauguration, Petro and Boric tweeted a selfie of themselves smiling and making heart shapes with their hands.
  — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 6 June 2022
• Now, with Maura Healey’s inauguration as governor, that’s no longer the case.
  — Jesse Remedios, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Dec. 2022
• In this case, Maura Healey will kick things off on Friday, giving one of her first public speeches since her inauguration this month.
  — Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Jan. 2023
• In the days following Trump’s inauguration, Cerasoli expects there may be a deluge of executive orders.
  — Greg Iacurci,lorie Konish, CNBC, 26 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Dec 2024