How to Use jubilee in a Sentence

jubilee

noun
  • Next year, the queen will mark 70 years on the throne, known in Britain as the platinum jubilee.
    NBC News, 21 Apr. 2021
  • The idea of a jubilee in the 21st century has always been a strange one for me.
    Michaela Makusha, refinery29.com, 2 June 2022
  • Cincinnati, as in many cities around the nation, held a jubilee on April 14.
    Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 24 Apr. 2022
  • For the Fourth, the luxe, 100-year-old resort goes all out with a five-day jubilee with fireworks over the lake, free movies nightly, and classes.
    Stephanie Granada, Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
  • The Black Hood sends Betty a letter explaining that her speech at the jubilee is the very thing that inspired him.
    Samantha Highfill, PEOPLE.com, 2 Nov. 2017
  • Cranberries jubilee is cooked up in a 4-foot skillet and served over ice cream.
    Nancy Stohs, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 June 2018
  • But after that, all winter, mealtimes were a jubilee of elk.
    Susan Casey, Field & Stream, 6 Dec. 2020
  • Sessions have themes like sports jubilee, wonders of the world and Harry Potter.
    Emily Udell, Indianapolis Star, 18 Feb. 2018
  • The Old Testament has a passage about the year of jubilee — every 50 years, debts are to be forgiven.
    Mike Rosenberg, The Seattle Times, 26 Oct. 2018
  • The festival is one of many events hosted by the mission in recognition of its jubilee.
    Carolina Gusman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2019
  • That incident in the restaurant, with the chafing dish of flaming cherries jubilee and the business writer from the Times?
    Ellis Weiner, The New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2017
  • In the end, the balcony gathering was larger than for the jubilee, but Harry was not among the family members waving to the crowds.
    Marisa Bellack, Washington Post, 6 May 2023
  • There are several things wrong with this story, and the restaurant’s silver jubilee seems like a good time to correct them.
    Julia Moskin, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2020
  • Celebrating Pepper at 50 The golden jubilee will unfold as if the sergeant were a monarch.
    Tim De Lisle, Newsweek, 14 May 2017
  • They were made by students prior to the platinum jubilee, Megan Campbell noted.
    Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2022
  • And Sanford hosts a daylong jubilee with a kids area and live music and more fireworks over another lake (3 p.m., Fort Mellon Park, sanfordfl.gov).
    Trevor Fraser, OrlandoSentinel.com, 28 June 2018
  • The palace did, however, release an emoji for the late Queen Elizabeth II’s platinum jubilee in the form of a cartoon corgi.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Get into the Christmas spirit with their rendition of this jubilee that welcomes Jesus to life.
    Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 2 Dec. 2022
  • Almost none of the original Bolsheviks whom the jubilee might have honored still survived; Stalin, or time, had done away with the others.
    Olga Ingurazova, Smithsonian, 29 Sep. 2017
  • The chemistry between the melody and the vocalists make this song an irresistible groove that sets the tone right for that special dance under the maple tree during the couples set at your Juneteenth jubilee.
    Kevin L. Clark, Essence, 20 June 2020
  • Platinum Jubilee street parties have been taking place around the United Kingdom to celebrate the Queen's jubilee.
    Emily Burack, Town & Country, 5 June 2022
  • Although the whole evening was definitely a call for jubilee, the best part was Blue’s handwritten notes celebrating the award winners.
    refinery29.com, 18 Mar. 2018
  • Like thousands of others across the country, her pub is devoting itself to the event this weekend, with a barbeque and games in the garden, face painting and even a special jubilee real ale on tap.
    Alexander Smith, NBC News, 1 June 2022
  • The jubilee year has brimmed with art installations, history exhibits, books, talks, and concerts.
    Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Oct. 2017
  • The big anniversary -- the golden jubilee of the only unsolved skyjacking in U.S. history -- is still a year away, but Eric Ulis is determined to be ready.
    oregonlive, 17 Sep. 2020
  • Milestones are, of course, a moment to reflect, and the royal family has certainly embraced nostalgia in their tone around this jubilee.
    Victoria Murphy, Town & Country, 29 May 2022
  • This twenty-year birthday tradition has morphed this year into a month-long global jubilee.
    Peggy Siegal, Town & Country, 20 Nov. 2017
  • The annual jubilee, which takes place on Saturday June 8, marks the official birthday of Queen Elizabeth.
    Ineye Komonibo, Marie Claire, 8 June 2019
  • Events frequently turn the walkable area into a jubilee, and entire days and evenings can be passed sampling craft cocktails, a bevy of microbrews and organic fare.
    Natasha Bourlin, SFChronicle.com, 29 June 2018
  • So the Beijing Winter Olympics should be adding another layer of excitement on top of the traditional Chinese jubilee.
    Jianli Yang, National Review, 13 Feb. 2022

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