Example Sentences

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It is definitely commendable that the Dodgers “museum” commemorates Glenn Burke and Billy Bean.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2026

This commemorates the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 in which a group of English Catholics failed to blow up Parliament and kill the Protestant king.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

Inside the building, a life-size painting depicting Wes Fisler, the Athletics’ first baseman that day, commemorates the event.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

Against this tense backdrop, Rome is preparing to welcome thousands of worshippers for the Easter celebrations, the most important feast in the Christian calendar, which commemorates the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

Nothing commemorates the site, only rubble and faded signs in overgrown thickets where hundreds of men once toiled and sometimes died.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam