grander

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

He "made my world so much brighter, grander and more delightful than I could have ever understood it to be", she wrote on Instagram.

From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026

But it also has grander long-term aspirations of establishing a permanent presence on the moon—and then we go to Mars.

From Slate • Dec. 9, 2025

Whereas on tracks like “Dime” and “Flores,” there are distinct orchestral peaks, in which subtle percussions give way to grander, more cathartic releases.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2025

Many of the grander ones were converted into mosques by the Ottomans and museums in the early years of the Turkish republic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 2025

Larger ones tended to have more powerful chiefs, more ranks of chiefly lineages, greater distinctions between chiefs and commoners, more retention of tribute by the chiefs, more layers of bureaucrats, and grander public architecture.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond