Sentence examples for moving occasions from inspiring English sources

I'm a proud American -- becoming a citizen in 1988 was one of the most profoundly moving occasions in my life; I'm a former Texan and a recent Californian.

The first performance at Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff was one of the most moving occasions of my life.

The formal handing back of her Austrian citizenship at a ceremony in the Austrian Embassy in London was a moving occasion.

There's something a little old-fashioned about a New York "farewell concert," but for the supremely elegant mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade it will be a deeply moving occasion.

It was an oddly moving occasion, not least because Sylvian's audience had aged with him - all those neurotic boy outsiders now moving towards middle age together.

It was a moving occasion, and to play some small part in it was a privilege I will not soon forget.

There was nothing to play for at the Borussia Park, but Jupp Heynckes Bundesligaa farewell in his hometown turned into a very moving occasion.

No doubt this weekend's memorial service for Michael Winner was a moving occasion for his friends, but for many of the rest of us it will confirm what a strange business fame can be.

The funeral had been a "very emotional and moving occasion", he explained.

In his memoirs Mr Coubertin recalled the moment: "There was also the moving occasion when, at the foot of Mont Blanc, the medal for mountaineering was awarded to one of the leaders of the famous Mount Everest expedition, a courageous Englishman who, defeated but not discouraged, swore to leave it next time at the top of the highest summit in the Himalayas".

On 31 October 1872 Cosima received the sacrament alongside Wagner: "a deeply moving occasion... what a lovely thing religion is!