grandeur

Example Sentences

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In some ways the films seem to invite accusations of pretension, of reach exceeding grasp and grandeur stretched into grandiosity.

From The Wall Street Journal

Neves Valente had been living in an unassuming home in Miami, far from the academic grandeur for which he’d once seemed destined.

From The Wall Street Journal

Leavitt said the center would rise to new levels of “success” and “grandeur” following the name change.

From Salon

Leavitt also congratulated President John F. Kennedy and said "this will be a truly great team long into the future! The building will no doubt attain new levels of success and grandeur".

From BBC

In terms of grandeur the building fell someplace between the London General Post Office and Buckingham Palace, which is to say it was very grand indeed.

From Literature