HOLIDAY in a Sentence

Learn HOLIDAY from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
194 example sentences for HOLIDAY, such as:
1. I had only one holiday that summer.
2. I learned to windsurf on an activity holiday.
3. It was October, and the holiday rush had begun.
4. It was more of a holiday than a training exercise.
5. I booked my holiday through my local travel agent.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of HOLIDAY
holiday
 n.  leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure
 v.  spend or take a vacation
Classic Sentence: (93 in 7 pages)
1  There was universal rejoicing in that holiday season, rejoicing and thankfulness that the tide was turning.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
2  There were women in the mob near Decatur Street, garishly dressed women whose bright finery and painted faces gave a discordant note of holiday.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
3  And so he had leisure to muse on all its exquisite details, as a hard worker, on a holiday morning, might lie still and watch the beam of light travel gradually across his room.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 14
4  At dinner his hearty voice, his holiday enjoyment of everything, turned into nervousness in his desire to know a number of interesting matters, such as whether they still were married.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
5  Nevertheless, ere long, the warm, warbling persuasiveness of the pleasant, holiday weather we came to, seemed gradually to charm him from his mood.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 28. Ahab.
6  I had only one holiday that summer.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: XIV
7  The weather was warm and sultry and put us both in a holiday humour.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3. Lena Lingard: III
8  She said possibly she might, and he negotiated with her for some Parisian studies to reach him in time for the holiday trade in December.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XXXV
9  The forewoman was especially severe with Ona, because she believed that she was obstinate on account of having been refused a holiday the day after her wedding.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
10  It was the holiday rush that was over, the girls said in answer to Marija's inquiries; after that there was always a slack.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
11  At first she thought it was the old-time mistake she had made in asking for a holiday to get married.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 10
12  It was October, and the holiday rush had begun.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15
13  The friends looked out at us with the tragic eyes and short upper lips of south-eastern Europe, and I was glad that the sight of Gatsby's splendid car was included in their somber holiday.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
14  As her mother still kept beckoning to her, and arraying her face in a holiday suit of unaccustomed smiles, the child stamped her foot with a yet more imperious look and gesture.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XIX. THE CHILD AT THE BROOKSIDE
15  On this public holiday, as on all other occasions for seven years past, Hester was clad in a garment of coarse gray cloth.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XXI. THE NEW ENGLAND HOLIDAY
Example Sentence: (101 in 7 pages)
1  I learned to windsurf on an activity holiday.
2  I see from the postmark that this card was mailed from Mary's holiday address.
3  I booked my holiday through my local travel agent.
4  The travel agent completely cocked up the arrangements for our holiday.
5  The majority of holiday flights depart and arrive on schedule.
6  We rang Duncan to ask where he was going on holiday.
7  A couple of the kitchen staff are on holiday so I'm wearing my chef's hat tonight.
8  It was more of a holiday than a training exercise.
9  He determined that he would travel to New York this summer holiday.
10  I didn't want to go out on a holiday trip,but eventually my wife talked me round.
11  She has gone on holiday with her husband to try to patch up their marriage.
12  The boss came back from holiday all relaxed and smiling, but now he's reverting to type.
13  They decided to postpone their holiday until next year.
14  The teacher has assigned each of us a holiday task.
15  Whether or not we go to Spain for our holiday depends on the cost.