Sentence examples for great embraced from inspiring English sources

During the third century, after Emperor Constantine the Great embraced the Christian faith, the symbol of the cross became the symbol of the state.

The truly Great embrace the idea of being a role model and act accordingly.

Yet the most poignant memory came afterwards when Xavi Hernández and Andrea Pirlo, two of the sport's authentic greats, embraced on the pitch, knowing it would be their last occasion for two clubs they have distinguished with their presence.

He also had Russia's glorious 18th century with which to compete, when Peter the Great, Elizabeth and Catherine the Great all embraced European-style politics and aesthetics.

The object of his first great embrace was photography of a particular kind, called Pictorialism, which emulated the soft-focus effects of late-19th-century Symbolist painting.

The Baroque piazza of St. Peter's in Rome, which directs the observer along its great embracing arcs toward the entrance, is at least as moving as the church interior.

Even if in a few months — or just weeks — from now, the claims about what these Olympics have done to shape and steer the national psyche look a little foolish (which they will), there will be no shame in feeling the great embrace of joy that engendered them.

Great embrace by Baylor's Kim Mulkey to Tennessee's Pat Summitt.

He understood, and to a great extent embraced, the beliefs and values that led the South to secede.

He will be remembered as a devoted companion to his wife Isabel, and as a gentleman whose great heart embraced his extended family.

And that's just the beginning; great wines embrace the head as well.