pageantry

Example Sentences

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On television, on one of the three channels then available to us, we watched the pageantry and the pomp.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

US President Donald Trump descended the steps of Air Force One in Beijing on Wednesday evening, greeted with pomp and pageantry ahead of a high-stakes meeting with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

The cheers were muted as the State of the Union pageantry kicked off.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026

What makes the upcoming pageantry and platitudes remarkable is the country’s mood.

From Salon • Jan. 3, 2026

The clothes were worn on Christmas and New Year’s when families paraded their children on the streets in a pageantry designed to imply nonexistent wealth.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane