pageantry

Example Sentences

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On television, on one of the three channels then available to us, we watched the pageantry and the pomp.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

As Monteiro notes, “When we go to a film festival, the pageantry is a big part of the presentation, and I don’t think there is any pageant that is as glamorous and scrutinized as Cannes.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

The jokes landed, the warm words resonated, the pageantry looked good on the evening news.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

The answers, though, seem largely incidental beside the pageantry of haute cuisine and burbling table talk.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

They use his great-grandmother’s silverware, her lead-crystal goblets, and her china, with its pageantry of gold leaves.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García