Sentence examples for The preceding day from inspiring English sources

The preceding day the participant observes a fast and at night a vigil during which a special worship of the lingam (symbol of Shiva) is performed.

The preceding day, guards had watched the man as he walked up to the cages, trying to get close to the animals.

Peaks in the runoff time series were defined as days for which the preceding day and the following day both had smaller runoff values than the present day.

Independence Day is a national holiday; the preceding day, Remembrance Day, commemorates Israel's war dead.

On the preceding day devotees keep a vigil and fast until midnight, the traditional hour of his birth.

Through the preceding day of voting, voters had taken to social media to report apparent violations, at times marvelling at their creativity.

But that wasn't on the agenda: at their press conference the preceding day, the gig was discussed in terms of logistics rather than as a new creative endeavour.

The first reports of the invasion were made in the Buenos Aires press, although rumours that an invasion was imminent had persisted for much of the preceding day.

At the ceremony, 14 graduating seniors from Yale College who had received awards in the preceding day for their outstanding scholastic and personal achievements were also recognized.

Over the preceding day, hundreds of sober-suited Japanese businessmen arrived in New Delhi, driving home the underlying message of Mr. Abe's visit: Japan is pushing for a much stronger partnership with India.

If Dr. Hyman literally means by "yesterday" the preceding day--24 hours ago--perhaps he's correct.