Sentence examples for inauguration down from inspiring English sources

Officials estimate about 700,000 people were to attend the inauguration, down significantly from 2009, when about 1.8 million people witnessed Mr Obama be sworn in as America's first black president.

Officials estimate about 700,000 people attended the inauguration, down significantly from 2009, when about 1.8 million people witnessed Mr Obama be sworn in as America's first black president.

The inauguration, hands down, he said.

We Americans are about to have every angle of the inauguration shoved down our eye sockets.

The president could assert his authority and ask that the inauguration be scaled down, and that the money not spent be given to agencies trying to help the "other" Americans.

"The underground cellar is the focus of the building, which is why the 600 guests for Saturday's inauguration dinner ate down there, among the wine barrels," said a vineyard spokesman.

Barack and Michelle Obama's youngest has lived her teen years in the White House (she was seven at her father's inauguration), but stays down to earth: she spent the summer working on the till in a seafood shack (even if secret service agents sat at the tables outside).

A president decides to break from tradition and walk with his inauguration parade down Pennsylvania Avenue to the White House.

Mr. Gioia officially stepped down on Inauguration Day.

Dana Gioia, the outgoing chairman, officially stepped down on Inauguration Day and President Obama has not yet named his successor.

Washington all but shuts down during inaugurations because of security and crowd concerns.