Example sentences for: celebratory

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

  • The Octopus Toss: In celebratory moments, fans of the Detroit Red Wings throw real octopuses onto the ice.

  • In a trough, a man may develop an emotional attachment to "aspirational media," which traffic in celebratory stories and photographs of highly powerful men and the symbols of their success, such as the corporate titles they have acquired and shed, the venture capital they haven't spent yet, and the wives they have married and divorced.

  • In one scene, ripped off from My Left Foot (1989), Max gets drunk in the course of a celebratory dinner and insults the teacher's date: "I have a hit play.

  • Try to get him to see a mental health professional, using the argument that his behavior goes way beyond not being in a celebratory mood.

  • By 1980 it was also being used widely in baseball, especially to welcome a player to the plate after a home run (and in this respect is similar to the hugs and other celebratory gestures used by British football players).


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