pageantry

Example Sentences

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At one point, I thought it would be cool to do like a pageantry baton spinning dance.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

Arguably more interest stemmed from the pageantry of Sunday's game than from the actual cricket.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026

What makes the upcoming pageantry and platitudes remarkable is the country’s mood.

From Salon • Jan. 3, 2026

Likewise, after 2024’s narratively dreary “Wicked,” returning director Jon M. Chu persuades us to come back to Oz for this smarter, sprightlier follow-up that’s all about the pageantry of propaganda.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2025

Wearing simple street clothes amid the pageantry made her feel even more the outsider—and the apprentice armband made it worse.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman