Example sentences for: pomp

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

  • A visit to the medieval and modern capital of China is an exhausting though rewarding round of palaces and museums, temples and monuments, and streets and stores — a jolting juxtaposition of imperial pomp and contemporary energy.

  • Heretofore dismissed as "a freak show accompanied by a soundtrack" (Lorraine Ali, the Los Angeles Times ), Manson comes out with an album that is "wickedly engaging" (N'Gai Croal, Newsweek ). The music is said to be rich and intense, full of pomp and '70s style high-glam à la Ziggy Stardust.

  • 2) They're very media savvy; by avoiding the pomp of Edward's brothers' weddings, they signaled to the press that their union will be scandal-free.

  • The impeachment of President Clinton was upstaged on Friday's front pages in Germany by the European Commission's dramatic survival of a parliamentary censure motion, in France by Germany's shock decision to end all production of nuclear energy, and in Italy by fraud in the Milan lottery; but in Britain it was reported with full pomp and circumstance.

  • Pomp and Circumstance and Then Some More Pomp Extra


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