stately

Example Sentences

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Someone dies, and then their friends and family, appropriately dressed in black, gather in a stately room while an elderly lawyer reads a list of who gets what.

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026

From there she strikes out into the countryside in a suitably stately carriage.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

LONDON—On Monday, as fresh disclosures about ex-Prince Andrew’s dealings with Jeffrey Epstein dominated headlines in Britain, the former duke went for a ride on his horse outside his 30-room stately residence in Windsor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

But when the storytelling gets too stately, her cast brings the necessary shading.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2026

A grandmother of a petty knight, an ugly woman with a crooked nose, seemed stately and beautiful in the torches’ strange light.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz