Sentence examples for great procession from inspiring English sources

This was before the great procession, which lasted from 2 p.m. until nearly 6 p.m.

The great procession from Athens to Eleusis for participants in the mysteries possessed a symbolic meaning.

But the crowds around the great procession of naked mystics in the predawn hours on Sunday were frightening.

Most migration takes place within countries, not between them, part of the great procession of people from country to town and from agriculture to industry.

In the case of "The Great Procession" it was the piece itself that felt a little hollow, although there's no denying it is eminently well made.

In the eyes of Bossuet, to grasp and understand the great procession of empires and religions was "to comprehend in one's mind all that is great in human affairs and have the key to the history of the universe".

The cheering crowds in Herald square knew the result before their usual dinner hour, and before the theatres opened great processions swept through the city huzzahing for "Wilson and tariff revision".

[But] in the main streets, in spite of this cold, were the greatest processions Moscow has ever seen.

Her entry into London and the great coronation procession that followed were masterpieces of political courtship.

We stood moved by the solemnity of the march forward, by the honour this great military procession was paying to one man.

I suspect that Obama, at least, would like the image to stand as a sign that, moral outrage aside, the great American procession of graceful conceders Presidents who, to paraphrase his favored analogy, run their leg and pass the baton rolls on.