How to use "holiday" in a sentence

Today is the third day of an activity holiday

'Why don't you tell everybody that you're taking a long holiday, Forrest?' he said

"What sort of person wants to have a holiday in this remote, ugly part of the world?"

"Are you on holiday, mate?" asks the other, who sits down at the table.

No, this is his holiday, his escape from all those idiots back in California

'Billy's on holiday now,' Mrs Van Hopper went on

But instead he said, 'Well, I suppose you have a holiday this afternoon

Why don't you have a holiday, go abroad perhaps

Advance bookings indicated a record New Year's holiday crowd for Las Vegas

Michael led the way, gently pushing and elbowing through the holiday crowd, and Tina followed quickly in his wake, before the path that he made could close up again.

"I completely forgot about the holiday."

Tomorrow's a holiday, so we can't get anything done officially until Friday."

There won't be many judges around over the holiday

With all these attorneys, it's sort of a busman's holiday, don't you think?"

The conversations were like those in which he was involved at work, eight or ten hours a day, five days a week and he didn't intend to spend a holiday nattering about the same damned things.

"But it's a holiday."

"But it's a holiday and-"

Nearly everyone was engaged in animated conversations, couples and cozy groups of friends, enjoying themselves, looking forward to the remaining three days of the four-day holiday.

On this holiday weekend the hotel was officially booked to capacity; however, Elliot knew accommodations were always available

And since the banks are closed for the holiday, we couldn't do anything until next week

If you sleep any more, you're dead! However, I like your idea of a holiday on the River Thames.'

We were enjoying the first moments of our holiday.

We were on holiday