Sentence examples for commemorate something from inspiring English sources

AT the International AIDS Conference, which begins tomorrow in Toronto, there are bound to be various commemorations of the discovery of AIDS 25 years ago — if one can ever commemorate something so horrific.

'These signs commemorate something, but who remembers it?' She says.

Taken by amateur photographers with simple point-and-shoot cameras, snapshots often commemorate something that is private and personal; yet they also reflect widely held cultural conventions.

"When you turn to art to commemorate something this dramatic, it ends up diminishing the horror and distancing one from the actual authenticity of the event".

The turkey salad, turkey soup and turkey sandwiches that have dominated our lives these last few days, on the other hand, commemorate something else: a lost way of American eating, one in which leftovers played a central role.

Heart, pride, identity … perhaps England could begin each international week with a poetry ritiro, where the entire squad is confined to a room until they have written a poem to lament or commemorate something vaguely topical.

That last flourish actually commemorated something other than a birthday: Mr. John's 60th performance in this arena.

The picture commemorated something of a remarkable moment in this country, where Parliament is widely regarded as a rubber stamp.

Above my head, pinned to the rafters, was a T-shirt commemorating something called Butt Darts, a popular pastime that, according to the bartender, had lapsed "ever since the lady in charge moved to Red Lodge".

It's truly a wonder that any American would feel comfortable commemorating something which was the source of so much suffering for others and that created a legacy of deeply entrenched inequality that could be said to be at the root of many of the continued issues that America faces today.

Fair enough: tattoos have long been about commemorating something their wearers hold dear.