gala day
Example Sentences
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It was a gala day, with President Ronald Reagan on hand to congratulate Petty, perhaps his finest hour in a career stuffed with celebrations.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 30, 2017
Because this is the school's gala day, Old Etonians the world over celebrate it with alumni dinners.
From Time Magazine Archive
His keen eye read her meaning, though, affecting not to perceive it, he pleasantly said, 'How? immured in your chamber? and of a gala day?'
From The Wanderer (Volume 3 of 5) or, Female Difficulties by Burney, Fanny
The next day was a gala day in Montgomery.
From Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States by Semmes, Raphael
He seemed conscious that this was a gala day, and that it behooved him to deport himself as became a respectable family horse.
From The Angel of the Gila: A Tale of Arizona by Marsland, Cora
