Sentence examples for stately affair from inspiring English sources
This was a more portentous, stately affair, with a soundtrack of the Russian folk song Ochi Chernye in earth-rumbling baritone.
There are splashes of drums and brass but it's mostly a stately affair, not least on the standout The Pixie, concerning the woman who taught morris dancing to first world war troops.
There are splashes of drums and brass but it's mostly a stately affair, not least on the standout The Pixie, concerning the woman who taught morris dancing to first world war troops.
Boxer is as consistent, but by contrast a stately affair, full of rich but scrappy fanfares – the brass that crowns Fake Empire, the gently triumphant Apartment Story – an overt sonic celebration they rarely allow themselves – and Sufjan Stevens's unequivocally perfect piano line on Ada.
The first half of the 40th Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach generally was a stately affair.
Before moving on to more stately affairs ("Forrest Gump" and "Contact"), Robert Zemeckis was accomplished at good old-fashioned unclean fun.
They are very stately affairs, these concerts – one held on the Sunday before Easter, the other in the first week of Advent – to which Connie and Penny bring a note of genteel formality.
The only problem is, back in the day Nicki only pretended to like the rock scene to get Stephen's attention and she actually dreams of a traditional, stately home affair for her big day.
Will you go for the kind of simple pine box that can be found on Potter's Field or do you want a stately mahogany affair representing you on the bier?
The bed in a mediocre seaside boarding house is "a stately, high-built, Italianate affair fit for a Doge," the headboard "polished like a Stradivarius".
