Sentence examples for to pomp from inspiring English sources

The whole affair would have proven detrimental to the well-being of anyone allergic to pomp and circumstance.

The 52-year-old composer is no stranger to pomp and circumstance, having serenaded a Pope and a President.

The Steve Jobs Theater on Apple's spendy new campus in Cupertino, Calif., is a majestic temple to pomp.

So I think that that happened there". Bold text added to highlight a troubling deference to pomp.

But in the rush to pomp up the volume, King and Queen Dimbo forgot to check the papers.

Pope Francis arrived in Uganda today to pomp he probably doesn't enjoy and a security lockdown Kampala's residents certainly don't.

The president-elect tends to minimize pomp and has promised to reduce official expenses.

There doesn't have to be pomp, there doesn't have to be ceremony.

If you're short on time, visit a lash salon to add some pomp to your peepers before the holiday parties get underway, or grab morning mimosas while enjoying a pedicure.

So far he has won praise by calling for China's constitutional protections to be put in effect, ordering officials to cut pomp and setting in motion an anticorruption campaign.

I don't want to bet against them, obviously, but on this Labor Day weekend I have to wonder whether it might be time to replace "Pomp and Circumstance" with Chopin's "Marche funebre" at university graduations.