Day of the Dead
Americannoun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
In “My First Car,” a woman goes to a Day of the Dead parade and sees a skeleton carrying a banner with what could be this singular collection’s motto: “The Beginning is Near.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025
The fire comes on the weekend when Mexico celebrates the Day of the Dead, where festivities are held for people to honour deceased loved ones.
From BBC • Nov. 2, 2025
He is one of ten dead relatives, whose remains the 62-year-old will clean before this year's Day of the Dead.
From Barron's • Oct. 22, 2025
In Mexico, for instance, that space is joyously celebrated in annual Day of the Dead festivities, with its skeleton trinkets and pan de muerto, sweet buns served at family gatherings.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2025
Then she, who had been his favorite, would be able to take her marigolds, the flowers of the dead, to his grave on the special Day of the Dead.
From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
