How to Use processional in a Sentence

processional

1 of 2 noun
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  • He led a slow processional into the church.
  • Some lines stretched for blocks and scores of folks hadn't been whisked to the route by the time the processional began.
    — Cindy George, Houston Chronicle, 3 Nov. 2017
  • More than 300 guests stood at the start of a harp processional.
    — Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun, 5 Feb. 2023
  • The rest of the processional was a bit more mellow, with a harpist playing as the bride entered.
    — Shira Savada, Harper's BAZAAR, 21 June 2021
  • The processional from the narthex down the nave to the altar has been compressed into a passage of just a few steps.
    — Curbed, 6 Dec. 2022
  • All those wishing may join in a tractor processional from the church to the cemetery.
    — courant.com, 12 June 2019
  • Woods, then in his prime, won by eight strokes, turning the final round into a processional.
    — New York Times, 17 July 2022
  • Now, at last, the show will embark on its pop-royal processional.
    — Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2021
  • The event also includes a flag processional, crafts and a fashion show.
    — Christina Hyder, Laurel Leader, 1 Mar. 2018
  • For the processional to the historic St. Giles' Cathedral last week, Camilla wore the diamond thistle brooch gifted to her by the late queen.
    — Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 19 Sep. 2022
  • The wedding processional was just about to start and everyone was lining up to begin walking down the aisle.
    — Alix Strauss, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2019
  • The factory floor looked like a wedding processional had just passed through.
    — Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2018
  • In a debutante processional, the young woman will walk out on her father’s arm, followed by one or two younger escorts.
    — Maggie Burch, Southern Living, 1 May 2017
  • At the gate to Crown Hill Cemetery, officers involved in the processional will disperse.
    — Elizabeth Depompei, Indianapolis Star, 16 Apr. 2020
  • In a news release, the city said residents are welcome to pay their respects to the mayor during the processional to the cemetery, with the route to be announced later this week.
    — Tyler Carter, Dallas News, 3 Nov. 2020
  • Recorded footage of the ceremony and processional will be re-broadcast on screens around the Lobby Lounge.
    — Brittany Martin, Los Angeles Magazine, 14 May 2018
  • That Saturday and Sunday wouldn’t turn into a processional like a year ago.
    — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 2 May 2021
  • Not even Khomeini received such a processional with his death in 1989.
    — Jon Gambrell, Fortune, 5 Jan. 2020
  • The glad-handing of the processional after the House doorkeeper announced his arrival.
    — Todd J. Gillman, Dallas News, 5 Feb. 2020
  • The solemn processional drew a respectful crowd of thousands to the Scottish capital.
    — Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 13 Sep. 2022
  • Hard work on an aero package that attempts to find a happy medium between having a carousel of leaders and a 500-mile processional in Speedway.
    — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 7 May 2021
  • The festival’s traditional processional of flags of the world also will take place.
    — Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 22 Nov. 2021
  • And, of course, there's the blue-shuttered villa, which is both where the couple stays and where Kardashian and momager Kris Jenner began their wedding processional.
    — Kelsey Mulvey, House Beautiful, 14 Apr. 2023
  • As the band halted its parade in view of the singer, the notes of its traditional processional began to dissolve into something far more abstract.
    — Carolina A. Miranda, latimes.com, 31 Jan. 2018
  • Better known for pirates than the solstice, the town of Penzance on the southwest coast of England revived the delightful tradition of a Cornish processional.
    — Forrest Brown, CNN, 21 Dec. 2021
  • Sara Timmons, a U-M alum, was on campus visiting her daughter, a sophomore, for lunch and stopped to watch the long processional of academics in their full regalia parade across campus.
    — David Jesse, Detroit Free Press, 7 Mar. 2023
  • With clear, broad podium gestures, Scaglione shaped the noble opening, the ecstatic central section, and the triumphant processional that concludes the overture.
    — Christian Hertzog, sandiegouniontribune.com, 7 Apr. 2018
  • But the vast majority of tests still require a nasal swab performed by a health processional that must be processed at high-tech laboratories.
    — Matthew Perrone, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Dec. 2020
  • Any questions concerning the processional should be directed to Fire Lt.
    — Carol Robinson | [email protected], al.com, 19 June 2019
  • In its 17th year, Dia de los Muertos takes over Pepper Place with food vendors, drinks, a market, face painting, kids’ activities, and a second line brass band leading a processional.
    — al, 1 Nov. 2019
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processional

2 of 2 adjective
  • The color guard will also lead this week’s processional on the Mall.
    — Janelle Harris Dixon, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Once the bride and groom arrived at the mountaintop, Ellie was tucked away out of guests’ view and the processional began.
    — Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 14 July 2021
  • Pogacar held it for just one day, the last and most important, on the processional ride to the finishing line in Paris, with yellow bike to match.
    — John Leicester, Houston Chronicle, 20 Sep. 2020
  • To conclude the program, the flags processional will again form and formally exit to mark the end of the ceremonies.
    — Faye Reeder, star-telegram, 4 Nov. 2017
  • In the song’s intro, processional drums and a trembling guitar line promised a power ballad with all the poignance of a Steven Spielberg movie.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2022
  • The Mall was a woodland in the 1890s but was made into a processional way in the years immediately preceding the First World War.
    — Carlton Reid, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Neither have traces of a processional bark from the festival ever been found.
    — National Geographic, 25 June 2019
  • The pair of 8-meter-long sphinxes flank the entrance to a processional avenue, which celebrants would have followed from the main part of the temple to a columned courtyard.
    — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 27 Jan. 2022
  • The church’s annual processional through Little Italy to the Embarcadero to bless the fishing boats was canceled this month.
    — Diane Bell Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2020
  • The doors will close once the processional begins and will not reopen until graduates are seated in the arena.
    — Arkansas Online, 6 Dec. 2022
  • Hundreds of volunteer marshals and members of the armed forces will also act as stewards along the processional route.
    — Jill Lawless, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Sep. 2022
  • While the Duchess of Cambridge went straight into the chapel, Prince William walked in the processional, alongside other royal family members.
    — Annie Goldsmith, Town & Country, 17 Apr. 2021
  • That narrative will be found in the heady mix of regiments, processional and occasional music, and not least, in the scripture and hymns of the service itself.
    — Guy Martin, Forbes, 17 Apr. 2021
  • Each evening in cities and villages across Mexico, a child dressed as an angel leads a processional, usually made up of children.
    — Forrest Brown, CNN, 27 Nov. 2021
  • The valedictorian, 57-year-old James Murphy of Hartford, signaled the start of the processional by ringing the courtyard bell 21 times, once for each year since the college was founded.
    — Rebecca Lurye, courant.com, 8 June 2019
  • Additionally, this year’s graduates will sit in the stands with their guests, and there will be no formal processional.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2021
  • Teenagers planted American flags along a processional route Thursday in the pouring rain.
    — Jessie Balmert, Cincinnati.com, 16 Feb. 2018
  • Cohen stood for more than two hours during the processional honoring our sister, Det.
    — Karen Mizoguchi, PEOPLE.com, 28 Oct. 2017
  • Knauf warned that Windsor is expected to be incredibly busy on the day, and recommends those hoping to stake out a spot on the processional route to leave themselves plenty of time.
    — Max Foster, CNN, 4 May 2018
  • The 21-stage race ends with its customary processional Sunday finish on the Champs-Elysees.
    — USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2017
  • Families such as the as the Saylers, Drurys and Warders donated money for brass altar candlesticks, a processional cross and a silver chalice.
    — Cincinnati.com, 2 Aug. 2017
  • The public can watch the procession take place in person at the ceremonial viewing areas along the processional route, or at a screening site in Hyde Park, a news release said.
    — Staff and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2022
  • Though the racing has gotten marginally better the past couple of years, the Brickyard 400 has become known to the casual fan as a processional race, with drivers largely waiting for a blown tire or pit mishap to make a pass.
    — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Sep. 2020
  • Shah’s team jumped into action to book vendors, from the photographer and the DJ to the horse for the traditional baraat processional, and then helped the couple get outfits, jewelry, hair, and makeup.
    — Stephanie Cain, Fortune, 2 June 2021
  • The graduate mentioned in the statement by the parent did not seek permission to wear a face mask in addition to the face shield, nor was the face mask worn at all during the 45 minutes prior to the processional portion of the ceremony.
    — Sam Ruland, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2020
  • Family members attended and watched the graduates walk in a classic processional parade in a blue cap and gown to receive their diploma.
    — Neil Senturia, sandiegouniontribune.com, 23 Oct. 2017
  • Better known for pirates than the solstice, the town of Penzance on the southwest coast of England revived the delightful tradition of a Cornish processional -- along with dancing, mask-wearing, singing and more.
    — Forrest Brown, CNN, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Carrying processional lights numbers of last night’s posada pleading for lodging at the various restaurants and inns near Old Town plaza but each time were refused.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Dec. 2021
  • The processional began right at 1:21 p.m. with university president Stuart Bell watching stoically from one of the four entries to the floor.
    — Michael Casagrande | [email protected], al, 31 July 2020
  • Guests lined up along the venue’s grand staircases for processional entries and extravagant photographs, a true sight to behold.
    — Zachary Schwartz, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2022

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