How to Use Mardi Gras in a Sentence

Mardi Gras

noun
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  • Kaser, 25, is hunched over a laptop in the corner now, dressed in all black with bookish glasses and a necklace strung with what resemble Mardi Gras beads.
    — Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 28 June 2024
  • Tour the exhibits here to observe the intricacy of Mardi Gras costumes up close, and tons of other splendid regalia that has been collected over a period of decades.
    — Jaha Nailah Avery, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 June 2024
  • This year’s theme is Mardi Gras, so you’re encouraged to dress the part.
    — Ben Crandell, Sun Sentinel, 16 Feb. 2023
  • The character will have a new look, a new company to run and some new friends along for the ride to Mardi Gras.
    — Janine Rubenstein, Peoplemag, 2 June 2023
  • Enjoy this on a cool winter night or serve it for Mardi Gras.
    — Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Jan. 2023
  • As the Mardi Gras approached the sailboat, the crew lowered a lifeboat to make the rescue just after 1 a.m. Monday.
    — Dave Berman, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Even the colors of the icing (and royal colors of Mardi Gras) have a deeper meaning.
    — Michelle Darrisaw, Southern Living, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Nowadays, Moon Pies are tossed from floats during Mardi Gras.
    — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 6 Apr. 2024
  • The city just came off a successful and safe Mardi Gras, and crime is down in numerous major areas.
    — Daniella Silva, NBC News, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Many of the costumes in parade scenes were inspired by the colorful palette of Mardi Gras in New Orleans.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 May 2023
  • Similar to the King's Cake custom at Mardi Gras, there is often a small baby figurine inside one of the slices.
    — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Oct. 2023
  • But Tanya’s folk-hero status (there was a krewe dedicated to her this year at Mardi Gras) glosses over her faults.
    — Vulture, 31 Mar. 2023
  • New Orleans is best known for its music, food, and the popular Mardi Gras festival.
    — Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 20 June 2024
  • Attendees can walk with SeaWorld performers and the Mardi Gras brass band and dance through park pathways to lively music.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Jan. 2024
  • Another performer sported high heels and long tassel earrings, part of a green and purple get-up that felt Mardi Gras inspired.
    — Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 17 May 2023
  • At a Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans, three men tossed around what looked like a football — but was a baby pig, according to a bystander.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 21 Feb. 2024
  • While Mardi Gras World isn’t exactly a secret, the attraction’s behind-the-scenes tours of parade float-making are special.
    — Lanee Lee, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
  • There’s always something to celebrate in New Orleans, not just during Mardi Gras.
    — Ana Castro, Bon Appétit, 15 Nov. 2023
  • In New Orleanian culture, a krewe is a band that comes together to parade during Mardi Gras.
    — Ashley W. Simpson, Robb Report, 19 Apr. 2023
  • In Vermont, downtown Burlington had a Mardi Gras vibe yesterday,as people packed the pedestrian mall.
    — Maura Barrett, NBC News, 8 Apr. 2024
  • Using color modes, the lights can be set to festive holiday motifs suitable for Christmas, Halloween, and Mardi Gras.
    — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 25 Apr. 2023
  • For Buffett and his fans, each show was a minor Mardi Gras, a space where people could forget about everything else going on in their lives and enjoy something fun, festive, and a little weird.
    — Nick Murray, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Buffett, who had a lifelong love of New Orleans, often compared his tours and music to Mardi Gras, where people could come to blow off steam or let loose before returning to real life.
    — Kim Bellware, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Sep. 2023
  • Before more than a million people could swarm the streets of New Orleans for Mardi Gras, a group of wildlife officials patrolled the streets for potentially dangerous creatures.
    — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Cakes are often covered in icing, frosting or other decorations in the colors of Mardi Gras: yellow, green and purple.
    — Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Residents unwind at its famed, raucous take on Mardi Gras and annual Elvis festival, and relish dirt-track and dragon boat racing.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2024
  • There were also vape pens, Mardi Gras beads, a California driver’s license, expensive earbuds and a rental snowboard.
    — Tiney Ricciardi, The Denver Post, 14 June 2024
  • Dong Phuong shuts down the rest of its offerings almost entirely during Mardi Gras, limiting itself to just bread and a few other traditional items in addition to king cakes.
    — Joan Niesen, Washington Post, 23 Jan. 2024
  • There are family-friendly Mardi Gras parades, arts and crafts fairs, food and music festivals, and events to celebrate every holiday.
    — Kayla Michelle Smith, Travel + Leisure, 11 Mar. 2024
  • Think Mardi Gras — large, homemade costumes fashioned from paper and cardboard and adorned with sequins, worn by dancers beating drums and shaking cowbells during boisterous parades through the town, with costumes being judged along the parade route.
    — Amy Bentley, Orange County Register, 29 May 2024

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