Example sentences for: festivals

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

  • Look for the Indonesian Directorate of Tourism’s annual Calendar of Events, which is published in Bali and gives dates and locations of temple festivals.

  • Pei's sky-lit spiral staircases (transformed into a bamboo and pebble grove) to the more austere world of Samurai, "Work," and "Religion and Festivals."

  • The more unusual spectator sports include colorful water buffalo races (on Lombok) and, to the horror of many visitors, cockfighting, a local favorite on both Bali and Lombok, where it is sometimes carried on as part of religious ceremonies or festivals.

  • But the imposing weight of its past is lightened by the lively cosmopolitan studentry of its two universities (its state university, one of Italy’s largest, was founded in 1270; its international division was set up by Mussolini) and its contemporary popularity as the sight of one of Europe’s most important jazz festivals each July.

  • Even popular arts such as advertising, the cinema, comic strips, and fashion are elevated to the level of high culture, with their own museums and festivals.


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