ceremonial

Example Sentences

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Team Italy, for example, celebrated home runs by donning an Armani jacket in the dugout and taking a ceremonial shot of espresso.

From Salon • Mar. 18, 2026

“It’s more of an approval, ceremonial role,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

King Charles will host the first Nigerian state visit to the UK for 37 years, with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his wife Oluremi Tinubu to be given a ceremonial welcome at Windsor Castle.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

Apparently he had not realized that President Catherine Connolly, the left-winger who was inaugurated to the largely ceremonial post in November, is a woman.

From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026

The rocket began, like the gunpowder that first powered it, in China where it was used for ceremonial and aesthetic purposes.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan