Sentence examples for opening parade from inspiring English sources

Because Greece traditionally leads the way in the opening parade, George Athanassiades was the third person.

This refusal later became standard practice for U.S. athletes in the opening parade.

Now he can dream about marching in the opening parade, and representing his own country in his wife's homeland.

Or not?Worried it might rain on the opening parade, games organisers launched 1,110 cloud-seeding missiles in the hours leading up to the big event.

Working on geometric lines, the designer boxed the body, which looked sleek for the long opening parade in black tops and pants, perhaps crossed by a messenger bag.

Presumably the glimpse of Phelps was deemed necessary because he was missing from the opening parade, resting his gills on the eve of his first swim.

During the opening parade-ground section, Kay choreographs the marching and manoeuvres with an eagle eye for detail, capturing the collective tension of the soldiers' bodies, the fixed obedience in their eyes.

They did, getting a charter from Little League headquarters in Williamsport, Pa.; finding fields; luring sponsors; persuading parents to volunteer; initiating an annual season-opening parade; and building a league with 40 teams and 700 youths playing in an organized fashion that had not existed in Harlem for decades.

Organized by Houston artist Trenton Doyle Hancock, the eye-opening parade of paintings, sculptures, drawings, collages and a video combines works by three well-known artists who have made their careers in Los Angeles with five up-and-coming artists from around the United States.

He did not need his mother anymore to convince him he belonged, and that is what he was saying when he called from the opening ceremony parade.

"Wouldn't you say," he said, turning to his wife, Jane, after marching in an opening day parade for the Cincinnati Reds on Monday,  "that most of the comments were thank yous and thumbs up and 'You did the right thing'?" True, but for some of the Ohioans who acknowledged Mr. Portman, doubts flickered below the surface.