pageantry

Example Sentences

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At one point, I thought it would be cool to do like a pageantry baton spinning dance.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

Arguably more interest stemmed from the pageantry of Sunday's game than from the actual cricket.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026

“The pageantry of ‘The 10 Commandments,’ and the beauty of Egyptian architecture.

From Salon • Dec. 18, 2025

Likewise, after 2024’s narratively dreary “Wicked,” returning director Jon M. Chu persuades us to come back to Oz for this smarter, sprightlier follow-up that’s all about the pageantry of propaganda.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2025

If you have in your mind any image of Nazi pageantry and power, it likely comes, directly or indirectly, from Triumph of the Will.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown