V-E Day
Americannoun
noun
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.
Here’s the key: In a flashback to V-E Day in 1945, London is celebrating victory and princesses Margaret and Elizabeth escape the palace for the night.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2024
Knicks fans were celebrating Saturday’s victory over the sub-.500 Indiana Pacers like it was V-E Day.
From Slate • Mar. 5, 2021
While the comparison to V-E Day — which marked the defeat of Hitler and Nazi Germany in May 1945 — may be over the top, the emotional resonance was similar.
From Salon • Nov. 9, 2020
“For the duration” muted the ebullience of V-E Day, even as magazines and newspapers carried ads for TVs and new fashions.
From New York Times • Sep. 2, 2020
It was about ten-thirty at night in Gaufurt, Bavaria, several weeks after V-E Day.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
![]()
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.