Sentence examples for pageants the from inspiring English sources
In pageants, the question-and-answer session always precedes the finale.
Yet like the Democratic and Republican pageants, the workers' convention saw dissent and interruptions.
In some pageants, the staged presentation or dramatic storytelling is completely preeminent over simple spectacle and crowd-pleasing display.
As the centerpiece of complex pageants, the host was then carried through cities and towns, radiating benediction.
In "Pearls of the Crown," the first of Guitry's great historical pageants, the off-screen narration is given to a chorus of storytellers.
In certain religious pageants the focal figure is not a living person at all but the icon or statue of a god or saint.
Its reliefs depicted the imperial pageants of the praetorians, the Vestals, and the citizenry of Rome.
As with the national pageant, the views here of the local contest are far from unanimous.
"You want to see the beauties, buy a ticket to the Pageant," the policeman said.
Like the Miss America pageant, the final round included an interview.
During the Miss America Pageant, the girls would drive through in convertibles.
