How to Use procession in a Sentence

procession

noun

• The cars moved in procession to the cemetery.
• There was a procession of children carrying candles.
• There’s the procession right at the top of the show, so where does that stuff get stored?
  — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 July 2023
• But dozens of settlers blocked the road and stoned the procession anyway.
  — Seyward Darby, Longreads, 5 Mar. 2024
• The bride and her procession walked a satin carpet from the dugout to an altar at second base.
  — Terence McArdle, Washington Post, 7 May 2023
• Gunshots were fired into the air as part of the procession, as the first body was carried thorugh the crowds.
  — NBC News, 18 Nov. 2023
• At the end of the ceremony Charles will switch to the lighter Imperial State Crown for the procession back to the palace.
  — Patrick Smith, NBC News, 4 May 2023
• The procession will be more streamlined than his mother's in 1953.
  — USA TODAY, 3 May 2023
• On Friday, around 500 people had gathered for a procession from the mosque to celebrate the birth of the prophet, known as Mawlid al-Nabi.
  — Abdul Sattar The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2023
• Families of Israeli hostages taken by Hamas were the focal point of the support as the procession marched over the course of three days.
  — Timothy H.j. Nerozzi Fox News, Fox News, 18 Nov. 2023
• Mourners would usually gather around the body in a mosque to pray for the dead, followed by a large procession from the mosque to the gravesite for burial.
  — Yasmine Salam, NBC News, 15 Nov. 2023
• The drumline leads the procession through parking lots and up the walking path toward the stadium.
  — Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 25 Mar. 2024
• In April and May, the map’s a rainbow of arrival, a feathery procession as brilliant as a pride parade.
  — Ty Burr, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2023
• Charles' eldest, Prince William, will be in the procession along with his wife Kate Middleton.
  — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 19 Mar. 2023
• Princess Anne led 6,000 armed services personnel through the streets of London in the procession.
  — Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 27 Dec. 2023
• Where there had been nothing moments before, the backs of five wolves now bobbed in silent procession through a thick patch of red willows.
  — Tyler Freel, Outdoor Life, 21 Mar. 2023
• Remove the possibility that their side could lose, and few would turn up to watch the procession.
  — Thomas Curran, Time, 8 Aug. 2023
• The procession left the church, turning right onto the parkway, heading down toward the cemetery.
  — Thomas Lake, CNN, 1 Mar. 2024
• People are encouraged to stand along streets in Madeira as the funeral procession leaves the city and goes to Good Shepherd Church.
  — Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 30 Apr. 2023
• The public is also encouraged find a spot along the procession route to show their support and honor the fallen.
  — Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 28 Feb. 2024
• Pope Francis will not be able to attend the traditional Way of the Cross procession in Rome due to health concerns.
  — Timothy Nerozzi, Fox News, 7 Apr. 2023
• Thousands of mourners were crowded into the streets in a slow-moving procession before the blasts.
  — Harold Maass, The Week Us, theweek, 4 Jan. 2024
• For the carriage procession, Kate looked lovely in a red Alexander McQueen dress.
  — Sophie Dweck, Town & Country, 23 June 2023
• After the church service, a procession took the newlyweds to the Belvedere, a garden overlooking the sea where a Madonna statue is placed.
  — Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 31 Oct. 2023
• Vast processions scrolled through my mind, as ornate and elaborate as Chartres.
  — WIRED, 29 June 2023
• And while most members of the royal family rode in carriages or cars during the grand procession back to the palace, Princess Anne, the king’s younger sister, rode on horseback.
  — Mark Landler, BostonGlobe.com, 6 May 2023
• While most members of the royal family rode in carriages or cars during the grand procession back to the palace, Princess Anne, the king’s younger sister, rode on horseback.
  — Mark Landler, New York Times, 6 May 2023
• Their set was a parade of guests, both in being composed entirely of songs released in 1973 and in the serial procession of folks to sing and play them.
  — Stuart Munro, BostonGlobe.com, 31 July 2023
• The Blessed Sacrament, protected by a canopy, will be carried in a procession as Eucharistic hymns are sung.
  — Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 6 June 2023
• As the procession drew closer, everyone, including the elderly and children, knelt down, their heads bowed.
  — Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 1 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024