Sentence examples for celebratory time from inspiring English sources

"It was not a celebratory time," someone familiar with the Thomas chambers recalls.

As in England, Christmas can be a decisive, as well as a celebratory, time of year.

That these things should happen at a celebratory time of year – as is the case with many recent floods – is particularly miserable.

"We wanted to keep this a very celebratory time, and this is, but I don't like disrespect," the councilman told the crowd, adding that he and the students had not gotten their due even though they actively pushed for the construction of a new building.

And it's a celebratory time in England.

You say you hope "schools that participate find the Week to be an enjoyable, rewarding and celebratory time".

There are slow times and there are celebratory times, and up until the point where I found myself reading the script for this particular project, nothing could get firing.

Against a repeated non sequitur of a refrain—"Back into the sky"—the track becomes gradually more celebratory as time goes on, cresting in a celestial piano improvisation over a subtle break that contains some sort of hand drum.

"We felt that to do anything celebratory at this time would be inappropriate," said Jeffrey Norman, a center spokesman.

It seemed like a good idea at the time – celebratory in spirit, since the school year was about to come to an end, and rational in plan.

Now I was thinking: 'This is really not worth it.' " They finally reached the camp, and after a brief wait, more loud gunfire -- this time celebratory -- greeted Mr. bin Laden's arrival.