Stately
in example sentence
It was a large,
stately
apartment, with purple chairs and curtains, a Turkey carpet, walnut-panelled walls, one vast window rich in slanted glass, and a lofty ceiling, nobly moulded.
More example sentences with word stately
So there it is, very stately, among all the
stately
buildings in the Mall.
Redwood time moves at a more
stately
pace than human time.
Saving Grace doesn't seem to know what it wants to be: the stunning cinematography and
stately
pace evoke memories of Ryan's Daughter whilst the light-hearted whimsy of the country townsfolk could be lifted from any episode of Antiques Roadshow.
The scene where he and Elizabeth dance a long and
stately
dance together in the midst of a crowd is both controlled and exciting - with very little change of tone, and while preserving the most correct decorum, their conversation reveals dangerous undercurrents of emotion, and meanwhile the steps of the dance keep pulling them together and apart again.
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