Below you will find example sentences with "happy birthday". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Happy Birthday in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: birthday
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 32
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 25.7 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 3 start, 8 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 1 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "happy birthday" has 2 words and usually appears near the end in these examples. The average sentence has 25.7 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as adele crooned happy birthday to him, and singing happy birthday, song, everyone and singing stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with birthday party, birthday cake, birthday celebrations, birthday party and birthday cake, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with happy birthday
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
Revealing it was his birthday, Dianne wrote in the caption: "Happy birthday dad. (13 words)
Anil even posted a special birthday note for his daughter: “Happy Birthday, Sonam! (13 words)
Another clue was when someone wished NuttyRose a happy birthday on Sutton's actual birthday. (15 words)
Mitchell posted a photo to Instagram of him and Wighton wearing cowboy hats as they celebrated the birthday before the alleged fight broke out, accompanied by the caption 'Happy birthday my brother 30th' with a brown love heart emoji. (39 words)
Paris Jackson says her dad never celebrated his birthday when he was alive—but 14 years after his death, some Michael Jackson fans think she deserves to die for not wishing him a happy birthday on social media. (38 words)
Everyone else is trying to cool her down and encourage her to celebrate her birthday, but when they sing her happy birthday and bring her a cake she runs away and throws it in the ocean. (36 words)
Adele crooned Happy Birthday to him during her set, adding: 'And I love him more than life itself, so can we wish him happy birthday? (25 words)
Anil even posted a special birthday note for his daughter: “Happy Birthday, Sonam! (13 words)
Example sentences (20)
Virat Kohli birthday: It is Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli's birthday today and his wife and Bollywood star Anushka Sharma took to Instagram to wish the cricketer a happy birthday.
While the birthday cake is being brought to the table, the song " Happy Birthday to You " or some other birthday song is sung by the guests.
Adele crooned Happy Birthday to him during her set, adding: 'And I love him more than life itself, so can we wish him happy birthday?
Back in 2019, Beyonce sang "Happy Birthday" to Diana on her 75th birthday in Los Angeles.
Everyone else is trying to cool her down and encourage her to celebrate her birthday, but when they sing her happy birthday and bring her a cake she runs away and throws it in the ocean.
He also greeted the bride-to-be with a “happy birthday” as she is set to celebrate her birthday on Sunday.
In a video shared on Instagram on Aug. 10, Hudson celebrated her only child's 14th birthday by singing a few notes of "Happy Birthday" to the teen.
It shows the group singing Happy Birthday, with the actor joining in for part of the song, chatting with his guests and blowing out birthday candles.
Mitchell posted a photo to Instagram of him and Wighton wearing cowboy hats as they celebrated the birthday before the alleged fight broke out, accompanied by the caption 'Happy birthday my brother 30th' with a brown love heart emoji.
On her birthday 12 years later, an unsuspecting Honey received a surprise announcement from her mum Vicky on the tannoy at the supermarket wishing her a happy birthday.
Paris Jackson says her dad never celebrated his birthday when he was alive—but 14 years after his death, some Michael Jackson fans think she deserves to die for not wishing him a happy birthday on social media.
Anne again welcomed everyone to the luncheon and then wished myself a “Happy Birthday” to which everyone sang the birthday song.
Another clue was when someone wished NuttyRose a happy birthday on Sutton's actual birthday.
During her remarks, churchgoers began singing “Happy Birthday” to Harris, who responded that it was “her great joy” to spend her birthday with members of the Black church.
Revealing it was his birthday, Dianne wrote in the caption: "Happy birthday dad.
And like any birthday that happened in the last nine months, it wasn’t complete without a ten minute compilation video of everyone you know wishing you happy birthday.
Athiya posted a super cute photo with the birthday boy, KL Rahul, on social media and captioned the picture as "Happy birthday, my person" with heart emojis.
Finally, Kate posted a cute video of the group attempting to light Billy's birthday cake and singing happy birthday.
We went to dinner last Thursday, and my friend Susan mentioned my birthday to the server, so she gave a lovely rendition of “Happy Birthday” as she sat my dessert before me.
Anil even posted a special birthday note for his daughter: “Happy Birthday, Sonam!