red-letter day

Example Sentences

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His 24 points - his highest tally in a Test match - included two tries, but his kicking, vision and communicative skills laid the foundation for Ireland's red-letter day.

From BBC • Sep. 10, 2023

Saturday was a red-letter day for the history of art in Southern California.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 21, 2022

“The eventual purchaser will be able to steward them into publication, which will be a red-letter day for Brontë scholarship,” he said.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 30, 2022

Normally he was a jovial man, with an impish sense of humor, but on that red-letter day he was clearly bummed.

From Washington Post • Mar. 29, 2022

It was such a red-letter day that I even went and got my first barbershop conk.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey