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 • Mar. 30, 2026

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 • Mar. 24, 2026

From there she strikes out into the countryside in a suitably stately carriage.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

"A lot of stately homes will have that system," says Niki Johnson, fire systems technical adviser for the UK Fire Association, a trade body, and owner of fire detection firm Derventio Fire and Security.

From BBC • Jan. 15, 2026

It wasn’t as grandiose as the lobby of the Greenbrier, yet it was grand and stately like a courthouse.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson