How to Use inauguration in a Sentence

inauguration

noun

• By happenstance, the laser light show on the eve of the inauguration fired up the moment the channel went live.
  — Hari Kumar, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2024
• The hostages were freed the day of Reagan’s inauguration.
  — Valerie J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2023
• Although the inauguration date has yet to be announced, it’s being billed for late 2023.
  — Nada El Sawy, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Nov. 2023
• There were no signs of the street protests that held up the inauguration of the previous assembly in 2021 by several hours.
  — Matthew Malinowski, Bloomberg.com, 7 June 2023
• And back home, analysts say Modi’s leading role in the temple’s inauguration could give his party a boost in the buildup to the election in a few months’ time.
  — Rhea Mogul, CNN, 14 Feb. 2024
• The stone’s origins are unknown, but it was believed to have been used in the inauguration of Scottish kings as far back as the early 9th century.
  — Reuters, NBC News, 28 Apr. 2023
• Plein tapped New York hip hop royalty Jadakiss to perform a live set at the boutique’s inauguration.
  — Stephanie Hirschmiller, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2023
• The day after his inauguration in January 2017, millions of people around the world took part in a Women’s March to protest his rise to power.
  — Maryclaire Dale, Chicago Tribune, 12 May 2023
• Back in the dawn of the Trump era — just prior to his 2017 inauguration — the line of would-be suck-ups queuing up for face time with the president-elect included a man with a distinguished name.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2023
• That represents 730 days since his inauguration — and a whole lot of other numbers as well.
  — Aamer Madhani, Fortune, 20 Jan. 2023
• Her pieces ran the gamut, from dispatches on Barack Obama’s first inauguration to a profile of a group of ice-cream-loving nuns and an ode to a taco truck that became the glue for one small mountain town.
  — James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2023
• In this case, Maura Healey will kick things off on Friday, giving one of her first public speeches since her inauguration this month.
  — Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Jan. 2023
• He was also supposed to deliver a speech in Spanish at the conference and one at the inauguration of the Faith Pavilion, according to Bruni.
  — Phoebe Natanson, ABC News, 28 Nov. 2023
• Folks were passing out joints for the inauguration, and Anda thought his sticky new construction would be the perfect after-party.
  — Tim Carman, Washington Post, 30 Jan. 2023
• At his inauguration, Washington had but a single tooth that was his.
  — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2024
• Nearly three years after Mr. Biden’s inauguration, more than 70% think the country is headed in the wrong direction.
  — Daniel Henninger, WSJ, 8 Nov. 2023
• For the party out of power, an inauguration is more wake up call than celebration.
  — Dallas News, 17 Jan. 2023
• Tell me about playing at the Bill Clinton inauguration concert with Bob Dylan.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2023
• The White House visit logs include no other entries for Musk since Biden’s inauguration.
  — David Ingram, NBC News, 21 Feb. 2024
• Front and center in the audience at the temple inauguration were stars like Amitabh Bachchan, one of India’s biggest cinema icons.
  — Hari Kumar, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2024
• Horne sang at the inauguration of President Bill Clinton in 1993.
  — Peter Larsen, Orange County Register, 13 Feb. 2024
• Prosecutors showed videos of Kennedy’s steady march to the Capitol, past two lines of barricades, up the scaffolding put in place to construct the stage for the inauguration and into the building through a fire exit.
  — Daniel Desrochers, Kansas City Star, 3 Apr. 2024
• Readers may recall that outreach workers cleared much of that area a year ago in preparation for Bass’ inauguration.
  — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2023
• And about the time that President Trump was about to become much less enraging or have much less content about a few days before Biden's inauguration, Meta found their backbone and kicked them off.
  — CBS News, 19 Mar. 2023
• Within a week of the inauguration, Reagan’s new secretary of state, Alexander Haig, signed off on secret arms sales to a country that had just held Americans hostage for 444 days.
  — Jonathan Alter, The New Republic, 3 May 2023
• Oprah Winfrey, a friend of Moore's who connected with him following the publication of his first book, was the inauguration's most famous guest.
  — Baltimore Sun, 18 Jan. 2023
• Bates College in Lewiston canceled classes and postponed the inauguration of the school's first Black president.
  — David Sharp, Patrick Whittle, Holly Ramer and Michelle R. Smith The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 28 Oct. 2023
• On Monday, which would've been Bowie's 77th birthday, an official inauguration took place for a road in Paris named after the late superstar to honor his legacy.
  — Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 10 Jan. 2024
• And the chair’s term starts a year after the presidential inauguration, further insolating the chair.
  — Bill Conerly, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
• Where Federal Hall stands (the original hall was demolished in 1812) was the site of Washington’s inauguration and the first Capitol building.
  — Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 30 June 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024