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

Yet it was precisely this world—hierarchical, steeped in pageantry, encouraging of free inquiry and progress—that produced the Industrial Revolution and the republican structure of government that took root in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 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

I never get tired of this—of the spectacle, of the pageantry.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black