pageantry

Example Sentences

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That it was live television and just this pageantry of people congratulating themselves, congratulating each other.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Xi leading him on the tour was yet another moment for the cameras in a two-day trip heavy on pageantry but scant on details about policy agreed by both sides.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

The answers, though, seem largely incidental beside the pageantry of haute cuisine and burbling table talk.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

Wearing simple street clothes amid the pageantry made her feel even more the outsider—and the apprentice armband made it worse.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman