Get to know Sunday better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like spend or revivalist.
Sunday meaning
- The first day of the week in many religious traditions, and the seventh day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 standard; the Christian Sabbath; the Lord's Day; it follows Saturday and precedes Monday.
- A newspaper published on Sunday.
- A comic strip published in a Sunday newspaper.
Synonyms of Sunday
Using Sunday
- The main meaning on this page is: The first day of the week in many religious traditions, and the seventh day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 standard; the Christian Sabbath; the Lord's Day; it follows Saturday and precedes Monday. | A newspaper published on Sunday. | A comic strip published in a Sunday newspaper.
- Useful related words include: lord's day, spend, gospeller, gospeler.
- In the example corpus, sunday often appears in combinations such as: on sunday, the sunday, and sunday.
Context around Sunday
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 10 start, 10 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Sunday
- In this selection, "sunday" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 29.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, palm, mirror, passion, dec, schedule and night stand out and add context to how "sunday" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 10 with sunday services at, 11th and sunday 18th december, palm sunday, last sunday and sunday morning. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "sunday" sits close to words such as once, working and services, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with sunday
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Palm Sunday as well as the Fourth Sunday Praise Service will be celebrated on Sunday. (15 words)
It is also called Quinquagesima Sunday, Quinquagesimae, Estomihi, Shrove Sunday, or the Sunday next before Lent. (16 words)
Applebee’s is from Sunday-Thursday 11 a.m.-11 p.m. and 11 a.m.-midnight on Sunday. (19 words)
The advertisements were bought in UK’s The Observer, The Sunday Times, Mail on Sunday, Sunday Mirror, Sunday Express and Sunday Telegraph, and in the USA based dailies American newspapers The New York Times, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal. (40 words)
The International Fixed Calendar inserts the extra day in leap year as June 29 - between Saturday June 28 and Sunday Sol 1. Each month begins on a Sunday, and ends on a Saturday; consequently, every year begins on Sunday. (39 words)
Easter Sunday and related celebrations, such as Ash Wednesday and Palm Sunday, are considered ‘moveable feasts,’ although, in western Christianity, which follows the Gregorian calendar, Easter always falls on a Sunday between 22 March and 25 April. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
The advertisements were bought in UK’s The Observer, The Sunday Times, Mail on Sunday, Sunday Mirror, Sunday Express and Sunday Telegraph, and in the USA based dailies American newspapers The New York Times, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal.
In the post-1969 form of the Roman Rite, "Passion Sunday" and "Palm Sunday" are both names for the Sunday before Easter, officially called "Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion".
The moveable cycle begins on the Zacchaeus Sunday (the first Sunday in preparation for Great Lent or the 33rd Sunday after Pentecost as it is known), though the cycle of the Octoechos continues until Palm Sunday.
In a video posted on a Wednesday, he said some people read the coming Sunday as 'this Sunday' while others read it as 'next Sunday'.
The weekend will wind down on Sunday, Dec. 10 with Sunday services at Ripley’s local churches followed by the Heritage Christmas Home Tour on Sunday afternoon.
Transit will operate regularly until 8 p.m. Sunday Dec. 24. Christmas Day will be a regular Sunday schedule with the same set for Tuesday, Dec. 26. Service will operate on a Sunday schedule for Jan.
Easter Sunday and related celebrations, such as Ash Wednesday and Palm Sunday, are considered ‘moveable feasts,’ although, in western Christianity, which follows the Gregorian calendar, Easter always falls on a Sunday between 22 March and 25 April.
This was the second assault since Sunday; the first occurred on Sunday night, when a terrifying strike nearby on Sunday night ignited the shelters used by displaced people on fire.
The second weekend of that festival also features the Red Hot & Blue Rockabilly Weekend, from Friday through Sunday, the Shootout Fishing League Solo Series on Saturday and Sunday and the National Snowball Throwing Championship on Sunday.
Instead of attending two meetings each Sunday beyond the one-hour worship — such as Sunday school, men's and women's groups — members will attend one each Sunday, with the meetings rotating throughout the month, Cook said.
Palm Sunday as well as the Fourth Sunday Praise Service will be celebrated on Sunday.
A Sunday celebration of All Souls' Day is not anticipated on Saturday evening, as are a Sunday Mass and that of a solemnity or feast of the Lord that replaces a Sunday.
It is also called Quinquagesima Sunday, Quinquagesimae, Estomihi, Shrove Sunday, or the Sunday next before Lent.
The International Fixed Calendar inserts the extra day in leap year as June 29 - between Saturday June 28 and Sunday Sol 1. Each month begins on a Sunday, and ends on a Saturday; consequently, every year begins on Sunday.
The Roman province of Asia was Quartodeciman, while the Roman and Alexandrian churches continued the fast until the Sunday following (the Sunday of Unleavened Bread), wishing to associate Easter with Sunday.
The Sunday was often named after these substitute trees, as in Yew Sunday, or by the general term Branch Sunday.
Applebee’s is from Sunday-Thursday 11 a.m.-11 p.m. and 11 a.m.-midnight on Sunday.
A spokesman for the arena, said: “The run was regrettably postponed on both Sunday 11th and Sunday 18th December due to adverse weather conditions.
A volunteer hands out finisher’s medals at the B.A.A. 10k road race in Boston Staff Photo by Nancy Lane/Boston Herald (Sunday,June 25, 2023). on the Boston Common on Sunday, in Boston, MA.
Because the anniversary fell on Palm Sunday, marchers carried pussy willows and other tree branches, a Roman Catholic tradition on the Sunday before Easter.
Phrases with sunday
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with sunday
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- on sunday 101×
- the sunday 26×
- and sunday 24×
- sunday and 24×
- sunday night 18×
- sunday in 16×
- palm sunday 15×
- sunday the 13×
- sunday morning 12×
- last sunday 12×