Sentence examples for largely celebrated from inspiring English sources

This city largely celebrated the election of President Obama in 2008.

But in 2007, Obama was frequently dismissed by the media, which largely celebrated Hillary's front-runnership.

At least one group largely celebrated the district closure: students, many of whom were scheduled for final exams in this last week of classes before winter break.

While Quentin Tarantino's "Django Unchained" has been largely celebrated by critics, there is one person who is less than happy with the film.

Isabel Alvarez Borland notes that, like Stavans, "critics in the United States have largely celebrated García Márquez's portrait of this national hero and considered it a tour de force"; but she also observes that in Latin America the book received more mixed reviews, ranging from "outrage to unqualified praise".

As a result, Day of the Dead — largely celebrated Nov. 1 and 2 — effectively has become rolled up into the Halloween retail juggernaut, unsettling some observers who see it as cultural appropriation that turns the centuries-old Day of the Dead remembrances into crass commercialism.

Mr. Wallace, who also wrote "Lost Hollywood," largely celebrates the '20s.

He and Prince Albert might be seen as co-founders of the Victorian (and Germanic) Christmas, which, with some American additions, we still largely celebrate.

Iranians are proud of their history and still largely celebrate many ancient traditions that goes back as far as the country's Zoroastrian era, such as the Persian new year, Nowruz.

We also lack a robust body of literature or media that sensitively depicts the nuances of our lives, and current representations – as well-meaning as they may be – largely celebrate only the unrepresentative few who are blessed with conventional attractiveness and can pass, or else turn the difficulties of their transitions into spectacle.

Mr. Glasper has largely been celebrated for closing a gap between jazz and R&B, and in some sense he carries the standard that other artists have begun to carry forward.