Example sentences for: triumphal

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

  • And at the Liberation, this was the spot where General de Gaulle commenced his triumphal march down the Champs-Elysées.

  • Perugia’s antiquity is symbolized on the north side of town by the lovingly preserved Arco Etrusco (Etruscan — and partly Roman —  triumphal arch) that was incorporated into its medieval ramparts.

  • The 27 b.c. triumphal arch (Arco d’Augusto), anachronistically ornamented with medieval battlements, stands at the junction of the imperial highways from ancient Rome: Via Flaminia and Via Emilia (which gave the region its name).

  • The Royal architects Edwin Lutyens and Herbert Baker created a monumental New Delhi with triumphal arches, palaces, gigantic government buildings, and sweeping avenues radiating from circles (for easy riot control) — the stuff of an empire meant to last forever.

  • The most absorbing sections chart the struggle to power with a variety of illustrations: countless maps, evocative photos of both torture victims and triumphal scenes, and assorted personal memorabilia from passports to bloodstained clothes.


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