Examples of recessional in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective At the end of the ceremony, my longtime client and friend, Common, surprised our guests by performing ‘The Light’ as our recessional song. — Alexandra Macon, Vogue, 6 Apr. 2022 Bookended by a processional and recessional based on a Gregorian chant, the work includes eight carols — with texts from a collection of mostly medieval poetry — and a harp interlude. — Tim Diovanni, Dallas News, 23 Dec. 2020 Such conditions inevitably produce a recognition of the limits of gradualism among conservatives fed up with years of rearguard compromise who desire a proactive rather than an essentially defensive and recessional policy program. — A. Wess Mitchell, National Review, 2 Apr. 2020 These are used to measure the distances to hundreds of farther-away supernovas, whose recessional speed divided by their distance gives the Hubble constant. — Quanta Magazine, 26 Feb. 2020 Her brothers, Sandy and James McIntryre, escorted her; Sandy, who would later lead a recessional while playing bagpipes, wore a kilt. — New York Times, 13 Mar. 2020 Reagan’s journey proceeds in five movements: Midwestern youth; Hollywood; an introduction to politics (as union head, corporate spokesman and governor of California); the presidency; the recessional. — Richard Brookhiser, WSJ, 27 Sep. 2018 A family member, Andrew Fund, played cello for recessional music. — John-john Williams Iv, baltimoresun.com, 24 June 2017 After the recessional to the south side of the cathedral, all are welcome to enjoy entertainment by the Saint Andrew’s Society Pipes and Drums and Highland dancers. — Gerri Marmer, Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2017 Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Students were still advised to maintain social distance before the recessional began. — Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 20 May 2022 The festivities kicked off with an outdoor cocktail hour, and guests walked over immediately after the recessional. — Alexandra Macon, Vogue, 14 Feb. 2022 As a surprise to guests, the couple hired the band Hudson Horns to play for their recessional. — New York Times, 12 Mar. 2021 In about 10 seconds, the same newlyweds will teleport back to square one and start the recessional all over again. — Laurence Scott, Wired, 2 Mar. 2020 Wolf said he is committed to student expression and cited Glendale High recently adding a recessional to its ceremony that allows the senior class to select one or two songs that represent the graduating group. — Andrew J. Campa, Glendale News-Press, 23 July 2019 Their recessional was the throne-room theme from A New Hope. — Rob Ledonne, Billboard, 25 May 2018 With regard to the American 21st century, Gaddis’s favorite novelists and philosophers perhaps argue against both optional intercessions abroad and moralistic lead-from-behind recessionals. — Victor Davis Hanson, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2018 Those were just suggestions for the processional, unity ceremony and recessional. — Sarah Hauer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2018 See More

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