Example sentences for: commemorative

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

  • The company will still sell to law enforcement and the military but will basically stop selling weapons to civilians who aren't collectors of old-style commemorative guns.

  • In 1997, Congress passed the Commemorative Coin Program Act, which mandated that each of the 50 states be honored with a new quarter over 10 years (1999-2008).

  • Commemorative tombstones cover the floor, including that of Saskia, Rembrandt’s wife.

  • The postal service did not directly finance The Inspectors , starring Louis Gossett Jr. as a two-fisted postal inspector, but it did spend millions promoting it--printing 5,000 commemorative envelopes, hanging movie posters in 40,000 post offices, and putting Gossett's voice on its phone system so you hear a movie promo when you're on hold.

  • These were people who paid good money to get special commemorative editions of Friday's and Saturday's papers, and to get their names printed in that special section.


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