How to Use on parade in a Sentence

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  • Eager for its readers to join in the chortling, The Gringa doesn’t miss a chance to put Leo’s self-serving, liberal bad faith on parade.
    Andrew Altschul, The New York Review of Books, 6 July 2020
  • Upon returning to the palace, their majesties will receive a royal salute from the members of the armed forces who have been on parade that day.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 10 Apr. 2023
  • Thomas Lucas, the 9-year-old son of a Welsh Guard on parade, made his acrobatic move just a few feet away from the royal.
    Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Another day, a loon family of three sailed past me, as proudly as if on parade.
    Susan Lapinski, Star Tribune, 21 July 2021
  • Black women have long ridden with Black men’s Carnival krewes, whose members ride on parade floats and toss trinkets to the crowds.
    Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2022
  • On skid row, the terrain is harsh, a drug market flourishes amid the squalor, and physical and mental distress are on parade.
    Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2023
  • As Cheryl Miller observed, the worldview on parade inculcates fear and cowardice.
    Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 14 Dec. 2020
  • Park early: Street parking and surface lots around Michigan Avenue will fill up fast on parade day.
    Brendel Hightower, Detroit Free Press, 9 Mar. 2023
  • This makes a lot of sense to Renato Sorriso, a street cleaner who, for many years, has swept the Rio sambadrome during intervals on parade nights.
    Beatriz Miranda, refinery29.com, 19 Apr. 2022
  • As the Jubilee celebrations start, the British royals are firmly on parade.
    Vogue, 3 June 2022
  • Avoiding heavy crowds on parade routes is possible with a little planning, too.
    Chelsea Brasted, WSJ, 1 Feb. 2022
  • Look up, five planets on parade in night time sky 00:34 There will be another alignment later in the summer, according to Star Walk.
    Kerry Breen, CBS News, 16 June 2023
  • Russian tanks, missiles and armored vehicles on parade were painted with an orange and black stripe to connote the St George’s ribbon.
    Washington Post, 9 May 2022
  • Our solar system’s planets are on parade and most are visible without a telescope.
    Joan Rusek, cleveland, 5 July 2021
  • The arrangement of the wires, coils, magnets, and insulators that step the voltage of AC current up or down brings to mind a college marching band or a military regiment on parade.
    IEEE Spectrum, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Each Krewe builds a float to represent their specific theme on parade days, and many include a celebrity guest in their celebrations to regale their audience.
    Leah Silverman, Town & Country, 12 Jan. 2022
  • Between sets, indulge in a massage, stretch out in a yoga class, join a meditation practice, shop in a massive craft market, take a drum lesson, or just post up with a drink and admire the mind-blowing fashions on parade.
    Shawnté Salabert, Outside Online, 4 Jan. 2023
  • But there are all kinds of archival goodies on parade, and this is incidentally a history of a century of American life, which the Mouse, as character and symbol, could not help but reflect.
    Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2022
  • Each offers forensic evidence of patriarchy on parade, along with all the other forces of domination.
    Immy Humes, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Aug. 2022
  • Across the red carpet and after parties, there were barely-there bandeau tops, salmon satin dinner jackets, a surprising proliferation of capes and at least one bow-tie with googly eyes on parade.
    Leah Dolan, CNN, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Universal’s Mardi Gras celebration is in full swing, with its sparkle, stilts on parade, concerts and international cuisine.
    Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Feb. 2023
  • More information on parade festivities at detroitstpatricksparade.com.
    Brendel Hightower, Detroit Free Press, 9 Mar. 2023

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