Example sentences for: anniversary

How can you use “anniversary” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Le Monde of Paris marked Friday's 20 th anniversary of John Paul II's election to the papacy by commissioning an opinion poll that shows 53 percent of French people think he should resign.

  • Pundits declared it a triumph of youth and racial progress, comparing Woods to Jackie Robinson (whose 50 th anniversary of breaking the color barrier is being celebrated simultaneously), Arthur Ashe, and Lee Elder (who became the first black golfer to play in the Masters in 1975, the same year Woods was born).

  • Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama issued an official owabi apology on the 50 th anniversary of the end of World War II but soon after qualified his statement, stressing that it was a personal apology, not a national one.

  • It is an act of piety analogous to reciting the Mourner's Kaddish on the anniversary of a relative's death, to the remembrance of war dead on Memorial Day."

  • The Economist , marking its "Science and Technology" section's 20 th anniversary, offers a challenging science quiz.


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