Example sentences for: grandeur

How can you use “grandeur” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Cleverly integrating designs of Arab and Byzantine predecessors, the Norman palaces and churches join the crumbling grandeur of Spanish Baroque façades in momentary triumph over the chaos of the modern port city.

  • Most critics still consider it a masterwork and celebrate the virtuosity of Vivien Leigh's performance and the film's Old Hollywood grandeur.

  • Like Cézanne's last views of Mont Sainte Victoire, or Monet's water lilies, they had the slightly incoherent grandeur often associated with an altersstil , an old-age style.

  • Although not the first grandly heroic piano concerto--Mozart's K. 503 arguably merits that description--the "Emperor " proclaimed its grandeur in an especially aggressive way, and in so doing, became the model for concertos of the Romantic era.

  • Cataractic and tunnel-visioned, those things are always disappointing, and last night, with the brilliant megalithic skyline laid out before you in even greater and crisper grandeur than usual, with planes blinking their bright-lighted way toward JFK and LGA, with private and commercial boats plying the dark, sparkling waters of New York Harbor, you didn't need any kind of visual aid to be impressed with the view.


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