How to Use Thanksgiving Day in a Sentence

Thanksgiving Day

noun
  • On Thanksgiving Day in 1990, my mom and dad got married.
    Chelsea Hylton, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2023
  • In 2019, a Thanksgiving Day event was called off ahead of another storm.
    Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2023
  • The couple announced the birth of their daughter the following week, just in time for Thanksgiving Day.
    Francesca Gariano, Peoplemag, 10 Apr. 2024
  • There was a flurry of calls and emails on Thanksgiving Day 2020, with Gebru asking if there was a way to keep her name on the paper.
    Lorena O'Neil, Rolling Stone, 12 Aug. 2023
  • The first launches on the streaming service on July 18, while the second will come on Thanksgiving Day.
    Brendan Le, Peoplemag, 2 May 2024
  • The buffet chain with hundreds of locations in more than 40 states will be open on Thanksgiving Day.
    Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 24 Nov. 2022
  • But still, just like the relaxing breeze of the eastern shore oceans on Thanksgiving Day, Thurston found solace away from blue screens and in nature.
    Tonya Abari, Parents, 9 Mar. 2024
  • On Thanksgiving Day 1999, González, then six years old, shot to fame after he was rescued from the Florida straits.
    Patrick Oppmann, CNN, 6 Feb. 2023
  • In fact, the store is usually only closed on Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
    Good Housekeeping Editors, Good Housekeeping, 4 July 2023
  • The falling leaf design, for instance, would look great next to a cornucopia on Thanksgiving Day.
    Annie O’Sullivan, Woman's Day, 18 Aug. 2023
  • This easy corn pudding recipe is a Southern favorite for Thanksgiving Day.
    Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 29 Dec. 2023
  • Turn leftover turkey from Thanksgiving Day into a hearty hash the next morning.
    Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Menu: For the catering, pick up and in-house menu available until Thanksgiving Day eve, there’s jerk chicken, rundown shrimp, jerk lamb chops and orange glazed yams.
    Dwight Brown, Essence, 13 Nov. 2023
  • The annual tradition each and every Thanksgiving Day is watching the great team sport the Lions and Cowboys play.
    Rebecca Norris, Country Living, 27 July 2023
  • Two more accusers stepped forward with lawsuits on Thanksgiving Day.
    Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2024
  • The first Thanksgiving Day feast happened in 1621 with three whole days dedicated to the celebration.
    House Beautiful, 18 Aug. 2023
  • First up is a performance as part of the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
    Spin Staff, SPIN, 14 Nov. 2023
  • On Thanksgiving Day, Adobe said shoppers had spent another $5.6 billion, up 5.5% compared to last year.
    Haleluya Hadero, Fortune, 28 Nov. 2023
  • The retail chain had a mini-parade in the parking lot with some familiar Thanksgiving Day characters.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 25 Jan. 2024
  • During his senior year in 1993, Louisville played Tulsa in the regular season finale on Thanksgiving Day.
    Alexis Cubit, The Courier-Journal, 8 Dec. 2022
  • But his most memorable pet was Yuki, a mutt the president’s daughter found wandering at a Texas gas station on Thanksgiving Day, 1966.
    Nick Thomas, Hartford Courant, 20 Feb. 2023
  • Benford has been sidelined since sustaining an oblique injury on Thanksgiving Day.
    Dallas News, 6 Jan. 2023
  • Jacobs was inspired to become a Cowboys cheerleader after watching the team play on Thanksgiving Day, a longtime tradition for the franchise.
    Richard Dunn, Orange County Register, 2 May 2024
  • Until that time, the intersection had been a traditional route for the annual parade on the Sunday before Thanksgiving Day.
    Jim Riccioli, Journal Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2024
  • The hospitals’ problems have been ongoing since Thanksgiving Day, when the ransomware attack began, Ardent said.
    Kevin Collier, NBC News, 27 Nov. 2023
  • That explosive argument is a stunning scene, one of the movie’s high points, given a surreal edge by the tops of the Thanksgiving Day parade floats filing by outside the living room windows of their upper-floor apartment at the Dakota.
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Sep. 2023
  • The timeline of each assault coincides with periods when Nilo would have been home for summer or winter break: one of the rapes took place on Thanksgiving Day; another attack, two days before Christmas.
    Ivy Scott, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Aug. 2023
  • The nonprofit flew a pro-reparations banner during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, held rallies across the city and delivered hundreds of letters to the governor’s office calling on her to sign the legislation.
    Emmanuel Felton, Washington Post, 28 Jan. 2024
  • Hunter proposed to the professional pickleball player on Thanksgiving Day.
    Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 12 Feb. 2024
  • The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade draws millions of viewers and includes floats, giant character balloons, clowns, and superstar performers.
    Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Apr. 2023

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