august

Example Sentences

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There is a reason for that august title: a widespread belief that over the six years of the Macron presidency, French democracy has eroded.

From New York Times

All the while, he contributed regularly to numerous other publications, including The New York Times, The Daily Telegraph, in Britain, and the august art magazine Apollo.

From New York Times

In the meantime, the twisted irony is that the Globes’ scandals could leave them seeming more weighty, more august, more important than they did before.

From New York Times

The endless succession of votes gave us an unfiltered view, and so many varying angles, of that august chamber stuck in a legislative rendition of “Groundhog Day.”

From Washington Post

There was the august Berlin Philharmonic, for an album conducted by the composer John Williams, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic under the baton of its maestro, Gustavo Dudamel.

From New York Times