stately
Example Sentences
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Santas taking up their seasonal roles in garden centres, stately homes and farm parks across the country will be checking their pay clauses, twice, after news that average rates have not risen.
From BBC
About 11 names have been found scribbled high up in the Great Hall of the stately home in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, by art restorers working on the paintings.
From BBC
Staff at a stately home used for scenes in the new Netflix film of Frankenstein said they hoped it would introduce a new generation to the historical home.
From BBC
Penelope glanced over her shoulder at the stately house marked Number Twelve.
From Literature
It wasn’t as grandiose as the lobby of the Greenbrier, yet it was grand and stately like a courthouse.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
