Example sentences for: stature

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

  • In a full page tribute to King, the paper concluded, "The black American community has never again found a leader of his stature."

  • An actor of stature might have bridged these two impulses, but the beautiful, brazenly slim-hipped Rhys-Meyers doesn't make his lines sound as if he's thinking them up on the spot, and Slade's self-destructive passion for Curt Wild (Ewan McGregor), the film's fuzzy, sweet Iggy Pop figure, seems less an emotional imperative than a thematic one.

  • But Bernstein has brought off a coup, making Kate a literal presence in that scene and reinforcing Deborah Harry's stature.

  • Among the several types of doubles in English, a rather large group ends both parts with the diminutive suffix - y or - ie . The group seems also to contain two similar sub-groups that produce opposite effects: those that diminish size and express endearment or amusement and those that diminish stature or worth and express disapproval or contempt.

  • He explained to us that this was deliberate-intended to avoid enhancing Bin Ladin's stature by giving him unnecessary publicity.


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