Example sentences for: parades

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

  • Carnival parades began in 1837, although other aspects of Mardi Gras festivities had taken hold much earlier.

  • While his colleagues were out hustling for campaign dollars and marching in sticky-hot parades, the House's majority leader was casting for bass on an Army Corps of Engineers lake just northwest of Dallas, humming a Hank Williams tune.

  • Don’t forget that two of Europe’s best-known festivals take place here each spring, the Semana Santa (Holy Week) parades and the Fería de Abril celebration.

  • Fort Henry, now spruced up by nicely enacted parades, was built in 1832 as the main military stronghold of Upper Canada.

  • Working from a trim novel by Tom Perrotta, Payne and co-writer Jim Taylor don't squander their resources on crowds or parades or elaborate spoofs of ceremony, the way most political satires tend to do.


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