Sentence examples for a small tradition from inspiring English sources

But what started as a way to get the children involved has gradually become, for each, a small tradition — the thing they do to make the big meal happen.

There is, however, a small tradition of Cuban drummers who hit New York like asteroids -- powerhouses who are expert writers and readers of music, who can teach it and who spur on everyone around them.

It's a small tradition they've had since arriving in the Reception center in Bujanovac, in Serbia.

If somebody asks something personal, such as, "What do you do for your birthday?" answer with something such as, "I'm always with my family and we have a small tradition.

In a small, tradition-minded world like bluegrass, it's easy to make a splash — the group also won several awards last year from the International Bluegrass Music Association — by sounding as if you've always been around.

There was a small, rogue tradition in the S.F.P.D., which apparently coincided with the popularity of the Dirty Harry movies.

Wallkill, about 80 miles northwest of Manhattan, is rooted in a small, rural tradition -- in 1960 it had only 8,000 residents -- but in recent decades it has attracted New York City emigrants and commercial development.

A small literary tradition springs from the suburb's mythically rambunctious associations, which the 1775 song articulates.

Plum Beach is the latest chapter in the decades-long saga of the city's lovers' lanes, where muggers, police crackdowns, wrecking balls and even a serial killer have conspired to foil young couples seeking a little privacy, and where those same couples, ever resilient (not to mention hormonal), have battled urban forces to create their own rendering of a small-town tradition.

Mostly, however, I long for the small traditions that had become part of my daily routine.

His lettering is among one of the many small traditions that make up the fabric of the Yankees, but when this season ends, the 66-year-old Monahan will put down the pen.