august

Example Sentences

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And in the first of several programs distributed across a two-week run, this august institution certainly seemed like it was trying very hard to look younger.

From New York Times

With each Trump appointment, though, it became more difficult to distinguish clearly between the supposedly august, intellectual work of the justices and the wheeling and dealing of raw politics.

From Washington Post

Its august and influential members frolic each year in the sylvan Bohemian Grove.

From Los Angeles Times

As the president showed off the office’s historic paintings to an awestruck Cohen, he mentioned in passing another, less august, matter.

From Washington Post

There is a reason for that august title: a widespread belief that over the six years of the Macron presidency, French democracy has eroded.

From New York Times