Example sentences for: majestic

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

  • The archaeological site of Mycenae, now stripped of its treasures, still makes a majestic scene though it is rather smaller than one might imagine.

  • They are less chic now, but their majestic sweep can still evoke former glories.

  • "In 1997," Rafferty writes, "independent movie after independent movie arrived in theaters on waves of critical admiration, and moviegoers unaccustomed to the peculiar moral universe of indie-ness must have emerged from these experiences deeply perplexed: wondering, perhaps, how the reviewers who carped about studio films like Steven Spielberg's majestic, flawed Amistad could embrace wholeheartedly stuff as dubious as Deconstructing Harry , The Sweet Hereafter , Boogie Nights , [and] In the Company of Men ." Rafferty correctly identifies indie film's "air of smugness."

  • Onomatopoeia has a long, honorable, and pleasurable history—from Aristophanes' brek-ke-kex ko-ax ko-ax to Kermit's ribbet, ribbet —from majestic lines in ancient epic poetry to simple, homey words like plop, splash , and murmur . In every language and time, the sound and look of some words have given clues to their meaning: their sound has suggested their sense.

  • The Temple of Juno, with its sacrificial altar, stands in majestic isolation high on a ledge at the eastern end of the Via Sacra.


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