pageantry

Example Sentences

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The cheers were muted as the State of the Union pageantry kicked off.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026

But a state visit allows for ceremonial pageantry aimed at elevating the occasion and demonstrating the importance with which the UK views those visiting.

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2026

Yet it was precisely this world—hierarchical, steeped in pageantry, encouraging of free inquiry and progress—that produced the Industrial Revolution and the republican structure of government that took root in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

“The pageantry of ‘The 10 Commandments,’ and the beauty of Egyptian architecture.

From Salon • Dec. 18, 2025

Marriage was the thing, or rather, a wedding was, with its formal neatness of virtue rewarded, the thrill of its pageantry and banqueting, and dizzy promise of lifelong union.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan