Sentence examples for the festivities when from inspiring English sources

It also blunts the festivities when a dead fish elicits a groan from the audience, rather than an appreciative aspiration.

Children and adults alike will also enjoy the finale of the festivities, when members of the wine establishment, dressed in traditional costumes, march through the cobbled streets in a rousing parade dedicated to Bacchus, the Roman god of wine.

But the day's high point occurred after the festivities, when the men marched back to the fort and the entire regiment took up the song for which they would soon become famous.

The "loss" led eventually to the election of Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing coalition, which suited Nasrallah just fine: the more extreme Israel is, the better (though Hezbollah did choose to stand down, after some internal debate, and refrained from joining the festivities when Hamas, in a copycat war, provoked Israel into the Gaza conflagration in 2009).

Electric Zoo has announced that it will refund ravers who missed out on the Sunday festivities when the organizers decided to cancel the last day due to inclement weather conditions.

The changes in Pearl River, a Rockland County hamlet known for its St. Patrick's Day parade, were made after the debacle of last year's post-prom festivities, when the police cited 50 students — including the son of the P.T.A. president — for under-age drinking at a motel in Seaside Heights, N.J., fining them $300 each.

The time-lag for the reporting of suspected cases to the central surveillance system was, according to the respondents, only 1 to 3 days either from onset of symptoms or discharge from hospital (according to reporting rules in each country) with the exception of holiday periods or major festivities when the information flow was interrupted and outbreaks remained undetected (Colombia and Peru).

A woman (publicist?) shouted at what appeared to be an underling: "What do you MEAN you left the credential at the office?" — BROOKS BARNES The Golden Globes ceremony is really the culmination of several days of festivities, when nominees and hangers-on work a circuit of cocktail hours, gala benefits, teas and soirees at the homes of agents and studio bosses, celebrating themselves and each other.

Anonymous A proxy shower is a great idea when the bride- or mother-to-be cannot be present for the festivities, like when the honoree lives far away or is in the military.

The film is narrated by a young, inexperienced journalist (Kether Donohue) who describes what happened during the town's Fourth of July festivities, when parasitic creatures that had burrowed inside unsuspecting townsfolk suddenly started to get hungry.

The festivities began when Mr. Fierstein wrote an Op-Ed article in The New York Times using the fact of his scheduled appearance in the parade as a rhetorical device to introduce a meditation on the politics of same-sex marriage.