Sentence examples for festive presence from inspiring English sources

A grid of five horizontal fluorescent bars in pink, yellow, blue and green on five vertical metal supports, it is placed across a corner where it lends a festive presence to the severe architecture of the basement galleries.

This year, union members decided that organized labor should have a more visible and festive presence in what has become one of New York's largest spectator events, the West Indian American Day Carnival and Parade.

Despite the security presence, the festive atmosphere was marred by a spasm of violence last week.

But the high-profile police presence dissipated any festive mood in Nagano, which hosted the 1998 Winter Games.

The junior cast members from Clef's Kids couldn't really stand out amid all the star power, but their mere presence intensified the festive mood.

You begin to see, I'm sure, why there was no great outcry when I first withdrew my presence from the festive fray), and choose my evening's televisual entertainment from an expanding range of sources.

That combination has made many homes cauldrons of sneezing, itchy conflicts in which a fiancé is allergic to his beloved's favorite pet, or a mother-in-law cannot come for a festive meal because of Fluffy's presence.

"No one stole our festive wreath this year," proclaims one man, pleased at the increased police presence following the murders.

Google and other technology companies have beefed up their lobbying presence in Washington, but an open bar at a festive event celebrating journalists expresses fealty and interest in a way K Street lobbyists really can't.

I've always suspected that if it wasn't for my presence my non-Christian household wouldn't bother with a tree, festive decorations, mince pies or even presents.

His screen presence is so strong that it's as if everyone else around him is appearing in a festive Bet365 advert for a bit of a laugh.