Sentence examples for several holidays from inspiring English sources

Nigerians celebrate several holidays throughout the year, including Independence Day (October 1), Workers Day (May 1), and various Christian and Islamic holidays.

Living the high life, he had a chauffeur-driven Bentley and went on several holidays a year, each lasting several weeks.

Something that I didn't think about when coming to college was what it would be like to not be home for several holidays!

I had several holidays in Cornwall as a child, and I learned to surf there, which has been a passionate hobby of mine for the past half-century.

And now, in 1949, came the first evidence that he might be right: George and Bessie Deedman, in whose foster care he had spent several holidays, put in an application to adopt him.

This group of baby boomers worked for employers with generous guaranteed pension schemes and can now enjoy several holidays a year, a 4x4 in the driveway and provide a deposit for their grandchild's first home.

Mr. Cheney, as he did at several holiday receptions in Washington, chatted about his new pump.

Several holiday promotions had players in either version selling for as low as $200.

Evanovich also wrote several holiday-themed Plum novels, among them Visions of Sugar Plums (2002) and Plum Spooky (2009).

Alongside the pub, there is a clutch of buildings including a restaurant, two cafes, a couple of farms, and several holiday lets.

TeleCheck Services, which publishes one of several holiday spending indexes, reported that pre-Christmas sales in stores open at least a year rose 2.2percentt over 2000.