HOLIDAY in a Sentence

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194 example sentences for HOLIDAY, such as:

1. I had only one holiday that summer.
2. We took adequate food for the holiday.
3. The city is in a festive / holiday mood.
4. I'm really looking forward to my holiday.
5. It was October, and the holiday rush had begun.

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 Meanings and Examples of HOLIDAY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
holiday
 n.  leisure time away from work, for rest or pleasure
Classic Sentence: (93 in 7 pages)
1  There was universal rejoicing in that holiday season, rejoicing and thankfulness that the tide was turning.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
2  There were women in the mob near Decatur Street, garishly dressed women whose bright finery and painted faces gave a discordant note of holiday.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
3  And so he had leisure to muse on all its exquisite details, as a hard worker, on a holiday morning, might lie still and watch the beam of light travel gradually across his room.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 14
4  At dinner his hearty voice, his holiday enjoyment of everything, turned into nervousness in his desire to know a number of interesting matters, such as whether they still were married.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
5  Nevertheless, ere long, the warm, warbling persuasiveness of the pleasant, holiday weather we came to, seemed gradually to charm him from his mood.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 28. Ahab.
6  I had only one holiday that summer.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: XIV
7  The weather was warm and sultry and put us both in a holiday humour.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3. Lena Lingard: III
8  She said possibly she might, and he negotiated with her for some Parisian studies to reach him in time for the holiday trade in December.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XXXV
9  The forewoman was especially severe with Ona, because she believed that she was obstinate on account of having been refused a holiday the day after her wedding.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
10  It was the holiday rush that was over, the girls said in answer to Marija's inquiries; after that there was always a slack.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
11  At first she thought it was the old-time mistake she had made in asking for a holiday to get married.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 10
12  It was October, and the holiday rush had begun.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15
13  The friends looked out at us with the tragic eyes and short upper lips of south-eastern Europe, and I was glad that the sight of Gatsby's splendid car was included in their somber holiday.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
14  As her mother still kept beckoning to her, and arraying her face in a holiday suit of unaccustomed smiles, the child stamped her foot with a yet more imperious look and gesture.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XIX. THE CHILD AT THE BROOKSIDE
15  On this public holiday, as on all other occasions for seven years past, Hester was clad in a garment of coarse gray cloth.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XXI. THE NEW ENGLAND HOLIDAY
Example Sentence: (101 in 7 pages)
16  She deputizes for me as general manager while I am on holiday.
17  In this job you get four weeks holiday / vacation a year.
18  The company has struck gold with its new holiday development, Center Parcs.
19  The Chinese Dragon Boat Festival is a significant holiday celebrated in China, and the one with the longest history.
20  The city is in a festive / holiday mood.
21  It's your responsibility to arrange adequate cover for holiday periods.
22  They had a wonderful holiday, despite the bad weather.
23  You have the option of taking your holiday early.
24  Rimini is a thriving holiday resort on the east coast of Italy.
25  A suitcase is enough to take your clothes with you on holiday.
26  The company can tailor-make your entire holiday.
27  We can arrange a holiday to meet your requirements exactly.
28  Provided it's fine we will have a pleasant holiday.
29  We took adequate food for the holiday.
30  I'm really looking forward to my holiday.