dignitaries
Example Sentences
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He believed the White House needed a grand ballroom that could seat hundreds of dignitaries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026
In Gaza City, community elders, mokhtars, local dignitaries and civil defense crews gathered Tuesday for a mass funeral after the recovery effort that was accomplished with a single excavator and simple hand tools.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Prime Minister Andy Burnham, Scotland's First Minister John Swinney and First Minister of Wales Rhun ap Iorwerth were among the dignitaries in the royal box for a show that lasted two hours and 20 minutes.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Foreign dignitaries, including officials from Russia and China, paid respects as Khamenei’s body began a multicity procession to Iraq.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
In the procession were all the dignitaries, civil and religious.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
