stately

Example Sentences

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A moment later, both vehicles drove off at a stately pace, as if nothing had happened.

From Los Angeles Times

Looming over the colorless town is its hulking circa-1385 monastery, extended in convent courtyards and stately chapels with lofty naves, offering dazzling displays of stained glass.

From The Wall Street Journal

Someone dies, and then their friends and family, appropriately dressed in black, gather in a stately room while an elderly lawyer reads a list of who gets what.

From Salon

Russell stuck his arm out the window, leaving it outstretched as we motored past huge lots—some gated and stately, others cluttered with buildings that appeared to have been thrown together in a hurry.

From Literature

Meanwhile, the train is slowing to a stop; Baltimore’s Penn Station—less grand than Union Station but still stately and cavernous—has come into view.

From Literature