grandeur

Example Sentences

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Through stained-glass windows you can peer into the Victoria Baths and see the faded grandeur of a public pool Mancunians enjoyed for nearly a century - but you won't see any water in it now.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

"Seeing it on TV, it gives it that grandeur, but actually seeing it in person, it's really breathtaking."

From BBC • May 30, 2026

A city park received a makeover, and the lobby of the Civic Theater was restored to its 1929 grandeur.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

He packed oversight commissions with appointees who would rubber-stamp his delusions of grandeur and did the same with the Kennedy Center, whose new board promptly renamed the performing arts venue for him.

From Slate • May 18, 2026

Compared with the soaring office towers surrounding it, it’s squatty but not without grandeur, featuring tall Corinthian columns out front and giant, echoing lobbies made primarily of marble.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama