Sentence examples for commemorating the time from inspiring English sources
THIS week Jews are celebrating Passover, commemorating the time when the Israelites were spared the wrath inflicted by God upon Egypt.
5) Exchanging gifts Traditionally Jews only exchanged gifts on Purim, a Jewish holiday commemorating the time when the Jewish people living in Persia were saved from extermination by a young woman called Esther.
On Monday, a throng of several hundred fans, high-profile politicians and former friends brought traffic to a standstill on the main road through west Berlin's Schöneberg district to witness the unveiling of a plaque commemorating the time Bowie lived there in a flatshare with Iggy Pop.
The holiday of Sukkot is also called the Festival of the Harvest, commemorating the time when we gather our crops and fill our storehouses.
He wore a gold pendant in the shape of a vagina around his neck, flew around in a pink jet that once belonged to Elvis, talked openly of massive orgies, and lived in a mansion with a replica of his childhood log cabin in the basement complete with a statue commemorating the time he fucked that chicken.
The city will build a new Beatles Platz to commemorate the time when they made Hamburg their home away from home.
Near the Franklin Avenue Armory shelter, some Bronx Rhymes posters, now tattered, commemorate the time that the rap artist KRS-One spent living at the shelter.
Today's Place Pablo Picasso, at the crossroads of the Rue Vavin and the Boulevard du Montparnasse, commemorates the time Picasso spent at various addresses in the area, including 242, boulevard Raspail and 5 bis, rue Schoelcher.
"I find it kind of funny in a sick way that the theaters aired the first showing at 7 55 to commemorate the time of the attack 60 years ago, but no one could figure out a way to show more than a split second's worth of local Hawaiians".
During the four Novembers I spent in Istanbul, between 2009 and 2013, I remember thinking about Thanksgiving only once, the year that the third Thursday of November coincided with the Muslim sacrifice holiday, when rams are slaughtered to commemorate the time that Abraham didn't have to sacrifice his son.
