Example sentences for: pomp

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

  • The Ming Dynasty transferred most of the imperial pomp south to Nanjing in the 14th century.

  • Switching its echoes from Westminster to Buckingham Palace, Parliament Hill provides pomp with a Changing of the Guard by 125 soldiers of the Governor General’s Foot Guards (June 23 to August 25, 2001 at 9:45 a.m).

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • In 1996 the stone was returned to Scotland amid great pomp, though it will make the journey to Westminster Abbey in London when the next coronation of a British monarch takes place.


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