How to Use commemoration in a Sentence

commemoration

noun

• Several well-known celebrities attended the commemoration.
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Last year, Kate led the commemorations with the Welsh Guards at a barracks near Windsor.
  — Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 18 Jan. 2024
• 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 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• For him, this night on ∄’s dancefloor was a celebration of life, not a commemoration of death.
  — Caleb Larson, Billboard, 26 Oct. 2022
• The flight is one of several that are taking veterans to France for the commemoration.
  — CBS News, 1 June 2024
• For Patrick Schenkelberg, this was the first commemoration without his father, Clayton, who died in April at age 103.
  — John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Dec. 2021
• Marc Porter, Christie’s head of restitution, said the sales would involve a commemoration of Mr. Grünbaum’s life.
  — Graham Bowley, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2023
• The championing of the rights of people with Down Syndrome must not be limited to a single day of commemoration.
  — Elyssa Koren, National Review, 21 Mar. 2022
• Over the last decade, Koch had his eye on one day attending the Pearl Harbor commemoration ceremonies in Hawaii.
  — John Benson, cleveland, 15 Dec. 2021
• Cultural advocates have been leading the push for the commemoration, as part of an effort to honor the city's hip-hop roots.
  — Justine Browning, EW.com, 18 July 2022
• Its organizers made clear that the march was not a commemoration, but a reassertion of the demands made at the memorial in 1963.
  — Fredrick Kunkle, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2023
• Anniversary Straight Bourbon Whiskey is, as the name implies, a commemoration of 15 years of this video game franchise.
  — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 9 Aug. 2022
• The day of commemoration ended with a candlelight vigil led by Democrats on the Capitol steps for the assault's victims.
  — Arkansas Online, 7 Jan. 2022
• Still, some people were determined to visit the park and make their own small gestures of commemoration.
  — Nectar Gan, CNN, 4 June 2022
• Just sitting around, having been preserved all these years later for commemoration and future shoots like the one in MaXXXine.
  — Paul Schrodt, Vulture, 28 June 2024
• Since her grandmother’s death in 2016, Melody Adams said the May commemoration was the only event grand enough to match her contributions.
  — Tiana Woodard, BostonGlobe.com, 28 June 2023
• The day has become an eventful one in Italy, with commemorations, marches, and speeches.
  — D. T. Max, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
• Fans are hoping for a return engagement or some other live commemoration in the coming year to help mark the 60th anniversary of the Grateful Dead.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 23 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 15 Dec 2024