Example sentences for: commemorating

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

  • In the street adjacent is a stone tablet commemorating a tragedy: During an Easter procession in 1844, the collapse of a wall killed 414 people.

  • Well over a million ancestor-worshipping Japanese descend on Koyasan and Okunoin on major public holidays, especially those commemorating the dead.

  • Turn down School Street, to the mosaic plaque outside Old City Hall commemorating Boston Public Latin School, which was founded in 1635, the oldest school in the US.

  • A piece commemorating the 50 th anniversary of the Marshall Plan notes that while it was a noble idea, it also had a political purpose: to prevent Soviet domination of Europe.

  • Marking the spot is a pillar commemorating the visit in 250 b.c. of the Indian emperor Ashoka, a zealous convert to Buddhism.


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