Examples of festivity in a Sentence
The decorations give the hall an air of festivity.
The festivities will include a parade, a concert, and games for children.
We enjoyed the New Year's Eve festivities.
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While the White Sox play the Rangers in Texas on Saturday afternoon, the Archdiocese of Chicago will be at Rate Field celebrating the new leader of the Catholic Church — who was born and raised on the city’s South Side — with a Mass by Chicago Archbishop Blase J. Cupich and other festivities.
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Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2025
The festivities end on June 22 with KC Defender’s Juneteenth Freedom Day Cookout, which will celebrate the history of radical Black resistance.
—Zuri Primos, Kansas City Star, 12 June 2025
Despite 41-year-old Chestnut’s Impossible sponsorship costing him a spot in the 2024 festivities, the partnership will reportedly have no bearing on his participation this go-round.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 10 June 2025
Related Articles At 2 a.m., as guests were waiting to enter the party, Snook, who had changed into a baby pink suit for the affair, was standing outside chatting and taking photos with friends, seemingly getting ready to leave the festivities.
—Emily Burns, Footwear News, 9 June 2025
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Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2025
The festivities end on June 22 with KC Defender’s Juneteenth Freedom Day Cookout, which will celebrate the history of radical Black resistance.
—Zuri Primos, Kansas City Star, 12 June 2025
Despite 41-year-old Chestnut’s Impossible sponsorship costing him a spot in the 2024 festivities, the partnership will reportedly have no bearing on his participation this go-round.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 10 June 2025
Related Articles At 2 a.m., as guests were waiting to enter the party, Snook, who had changed into a baby pink suit for the affair, was standing outside chatting and taking photos with friends, seemingly getting ready to leave the festivities.
—Emily Burns, Footwear News, 9 June 2025
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“Festivity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/festivity. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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festivity
noun
fes·tiv·i·ty
fes-ˈtiv-ət-ē 
plural festivities
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