ceremonious

Example Sentences

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Now, Gellar has made a more ceremonious return, albeit with a frustrating stop-and-start stammer.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026

A plane carrying 59 of them landed at an airport just outside Washington DC earlier this month, in a ceremonious greeting that included the deputy secretary of state.

From BBC • May 24, 2025

Isabella then celebrated the recovery milestone with a hearty and ceremonious ringing of the bell, also posing with her radiotherapy mask.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2024

During a ceremonious Mass, papal envoy Cardinal Marcello Semeraro read out the Latin formula of the beatification of the Ulma family signed last month by Pope Francis.

From Washington Times • Sep. 10, 2023

But also I wanted from her a life more ceremonious, less subject to makeshift and decampment.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood