How To Use Festivity In A Sentence
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January was drawing to its close; the weather was growing more and more winterly; high winds, piercingly cold, were raving through our narrow streets; and still the spirit of social festivity bade defiance to the storms which sang through our ancient forests.
The Lock and Key Library Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Old Time English
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Over the years, other temples in the city too have begun celebrating Pongala in varying degrees of festivity and all of them have turned out to be occasions exclusively for women.
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a phrenesiac or lethargic patient, you would wonder where he hath sae suddenly acquired all this fine sprack festivity and jocularity. '
Waverley — Complete
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A boisterous festivity or celebration; merrymaking. Often used in the plural.
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Baron Kielmansegge, the common friend of both king and capellmeister, took occasion of a grand water-party, attended by the whole court, to engage Handel to compose some music expressly for this festivity, the result being the celebrated 'Water Music,' of which Handel secretly conducted the performance in a boat that followed the royal barge.
Among the Great Masters of Music Scenes in the Lives of Famous Musicians
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The central feature of the festivity was a huge kettle, many feet in circumference, into which the Indians dropped the most extraordinary variety of food we had ever seen combined.
The Story of a Pioneer
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_ "Even the sober Teuton and the rough son of the Bannat could enjoy the few moments that war gives to festivity, and what the next night or morning might bring was not suffered to disturb their sense of" schnapps, "and their supper.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 340, February, 1844
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Masks worn on holidays such as Halloween and Mardi Gras signal festivity and license.
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This year I'm getting three times as much festivity by celebrating Canadian Thanksgiving, US Thanksgiving and Christmas.
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We are continually reminded about how vulnerable children are - with every festivity being accompanied by dire warnings.
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He entered the village almost unobserved amid the general festivity.
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In Christian language, I hope to keep alive the spark of the paschal mystery (life-through-dying) with a mix of festivity, glory and gratitude.
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There was a general air of festivity and abandon.
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If your Royal Highness had seen him dreaming and dozing about the banks of Tully-Veolan like an hypochondriac person, or, as Burton's ANATOMIA hath it, a phrenesiac or lethargic patient, you would wonder where he hath sae suddenly acquired all this fine sprack festivity and jocularity.
Waverley: or, 'Tis sixty years since
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Craigengelt had his own purposes in fooling him up to the top of his bent; and having some low humour, much impudence, and the power of singing a good song, understanding besides thoroughly the disposition of his regained associate, he headily succeeded in involving him bumper-deep in the festivity of the meeting.
The Bride of Lammermoor
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Björn Merker has noted that the Greek mousiké encompasses melody, dance, and poetry, while the Bantu ngoma covers drumming, singing, dancing and festivity and the Blackfoot saapup covers singing, dancing, and ceremony.
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And because I told Scotty what I thought of his letting an old man like French Frank get away with him, we, too, brawled and added to the festivity of the sandspit.
Chapter 11
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As a lover of festivity and general jollification, anytime the word ‘celebrate’ pops up I automatically conjure images of achievement being saluted with pomp relevant to the circumstance and, of course, appropriate catering.
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The New Year celebrations go on for longer, meaning that Scots tend to think of the period as a single time of celebration and festivity.
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There was a general air of festivity and abandon.
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These songs conjure a sense of community and activity with their lively mbira parts and the ecstatic singing, making the mbira an instrument of sociality, festivity, and fierce activity.
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The wedding was an occasion of great festivity.
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This occasion is celebrated with much festivity - dancing, eating, and drinking.
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Legends about the origin of this festivity abound.
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Beyond the night itself they have made tremendous efforts to maintain a sense of festivity with their Winter Festival programmes of mulled wine and international market stalls.
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Those who have chosen to turn their backs on our festivity are the small minority who continue to cling to the anti-human concept and practices of racial arrogance, white minority domination and the super-exploitation of the masses of our people.
MESSAGE TO THE SOWETO RALLY TO WELCOME RELEASED LEADERS, OCTOBER 29, 1989(1)
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This most important fundraising event in aid of the Helvick Head Lifeboat, has become a day of festivity and celebration for people of all ages, and was recently featured in the TG4 TV programme Abair Amhran.
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The annual Killybegs Festival was an extravaganza of display and festivity to celebrate the Silver Jubilee of the Killybegs Fishermen's Organisation.
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The Day of the Holy Cross is our main festivity," Claudio tells us as he makes one of his menu items, Insalate Anne - lettuce, avocado, grapefruit, crabmeat and green apples in a vinaigrette.
The magic of Bernal, Queretaro: wine, opals and historic charm
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Marjorie could not recall a festivity for which she had worked hard beforehand and enjoyed more than the preparation for the freshman hop.
Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore
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Come December and the shops get ready for the season and an air of festivity is all around.
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There was a general air of festivity and abandon.
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He seems to have enjoyed to the full the gay and easy life of a courtier, and sung so voluptuously of love and wine and festivity that the term "Anacreontic" has come to be used to characterize all poetry over - redolent of these themes.
General History for Colleges and High Schools
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They will celebrate it with thanksgiving , with festivity , with bonfires, and illuminations.
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Even though the appearance put in by the celebrity was all too brief (her name did not figure in the invitation card), the dose of glamour proved to be just the kind of kick start desired by the organisers, in this season of festivity.
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The arrival of the Company's Resident at each dusun is considered as a period of festivity.
The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants
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Including Red China lobby colonnade, red cloth interior rooms and gold tableware, fully filled with festivity.
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The festivity of the season brought joy to Sheenara.
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It is the season for festivity, and Carnatica has learnt from past experience that many youngsters are keen to devote time to learn a song that can come in handy for a community performance.
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It defies the cold grip of the season by indulging in festivity.
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No club festivity is permitted without the presence of a director; no young man under the influence of liquor is allowed; certain types of dancing often innocently started are strictly prohibited; and above all, early closing is insisted upon.
Twenty Years at Hull-House, With Autobiographical Notes
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The only expedient which could prevent their separation was boldly agitated and approved the popular resentment was insensibly moulded into a regular conspiracy; their just reasons of complaint were heightened by passion, and their passions were inflamed by wine; as, on the eve of their departure, the troops were indulged in licentious festivity.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
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Three years ago you gave a pleasing illustration of "_the Amusements of May_," and at the same time lamented the decrease of village festivity and rural merriment, which in days langsyne cheered the honest hearts and lightened the daily toil of our rustic ancestors.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 379, July 4, 1829
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The treasure of the piece has to be Donner and Blitzen, an archetypal Christmas track complete with sleighbells; full of enough good will to summon up the spirit of festivity in May.
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It defies the cold grip of the season by indulging in festivity.
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Streets with overcrowded and glittering store windows… the displays of delicacies, and all the scenes of alimentary and vestimentary festivity, stimulate a magical salivation.
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The royal wedding was an occasion of great festivity.
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Carnival, an important festival that precedes Lent, is celebrated with much festivity.
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Selling part of her jewellery, she carved out a concept, a dazzling mix of festivity and art, packaged exotica and high culture.
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Their marriage was celebrated with barbaric pomp and festivity, at his wooden palace beyond the Danube; and the monarch, oppressed with wine and sleep, retired at a late hour from the banquet to the nuptial bed.
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The anti-Valentine zealots are not just grouching about a harmless festivity.
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But indeed it could hardly be called a festivity, — it was so quiet and sombre.
Castle Richmond
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orgiastic festivity
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It must be again said that we have not to think of "the pleasant place of all festivity," but of a few huts among the sand-banks, inhabited by Roman provincials, who mournfully recall their charred and ruined habitations by the Brenta and the Piave.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 04
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And the mixture of pain and illness with splendor and festivity, is so unnatural, that probably it is to that we must attribute that a young woman is no where so hardly judged.
Camilla: or, A Picture of Youth
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I remember that at another festivity given by the city to the Emperor a few years later, since all inscription had been exhausted, there were placed above the throne on which he was to sit, these words from Scripture, in gold letters: _Ego sum qui sum_, -- and no one was shocked.
The Court of the Empress Josephine
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As no festivity is complete without food, special Rajasthani shikar cuisine, the rathwa leaf baked food and the mouth watering chattpattias will be laid out.
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Burton's Anatomia hath it, a phrenesiac or lethargic patient, you would wonder where he hath sae suddenly acquired all this fine sprack festivity and jocularity.
The Waverley
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The newspaper warned its readers not ‘to wink at such excesses, merely because they occur at a season of festivity.’
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That all changed when I saw an advertisement in the newspaper for a grand festivity sure to be remembered forever in the annals of history.
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In his hours of festivity and compotation, drop that he puts you in mind of what Sir William Temple says of the Pensionary De Witt, — who at that time governed half Europe, — that he appeared at balls, assemblies, and public places, as if he had nothing else to do or to think of.
Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman
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If your Royal Highness had seen him dreaming and dozing about the banks of Tully-Veolan like an hypochondriac person, or, as Burton's "Anatomia" hath it, a phrenesiac or lethargic patient, you would wonder where he hath sae suddenly acquired all this fine sprack festivity and jocularity. '
Waverley
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The bunting still flying after the Tinnahinch v Castletown for the county final gave the village an atmosphere of festivity with plenty to celebrate.
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At our Queen's golden jubilee nothing was done; no decorations or any public festivity by the council to celebrate what was a great achievement.
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The second annual blogging festivity is going to be a little different than last years party.
Archive 2007-06-01
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The wits and humorists, the distinguished worthies of the town or village, the apothecary, the attorney, even the curate himself, did not disdain to partake of this hebdomadal festivity.
Rob Roy
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In an age when every moment of festivity is celebrated only by being swallowed by the endless advertising of Multi-National Corporations, it's easy to forget what life truly is about.
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a Knight Banneret, dubbed in the field of battle, but, _on carpet consideration_, at a festivity, or on sone peaceable occasion, when knights receive their dignity kneeling not on the ground, as in war, but on a _carpet_.
Notes to Shakespeare — Volume 01: Comedies
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For the harvester living and working where the land is not that fertile, ‘there is a feeling of festivity at the start of every harvest season’.
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One cannot help feeling that much of all this festivity is a mistake: the expenses incurred are far above the means of the parties responsible, and the effect on the Amboinese character is not beneficial.
Insulinde: Experiences of a Naturalist's Wife in the Eastern Archipelago
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Occurring twice a year, in both the spring and the fall, this outdoor festivity with all of its artsy-fartsy paintings and peculiar handicrafts was something I always welcomed.
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It is planned over a period of 6 months, and culminates in weekend of celebration and splendid festivity.
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If your Royal Highness had seen him dreaming and dozing about the banks of Tully-Veolan like an hypochondriac person, or, as Burton's ANATOMIA hath it, a phrenesiac or lethargic patient, you would wonder where he hath sae suddenly acquired all this fine sprack festivity and jocularity.
Waverley: or, 'Tis sixty years since
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And, some displaced residents complain that this is no time for festivity at all.
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Occurring twice a year, in both the spring and the fall, this outdoor festivity with all of its artsy-fartsy paintings and peculiar handicrafts was something I always welcomed.
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Burton's Anatomia hath it, a phrenesiac or lethargic patient, you would wonder where he hath sae suddenly acquired all this fine sprack festivity and jocularity.
The Waverley