Sentence examples for were grander than from inspiring English sources

The Synges, in the carefully graded world of the Anglo-Irish elite, were grander than the Yeatses.

A few were truly luxurious, but all of them were grander than the kitchens in the housing project where I grew up.

ACCURACY -- Mr. Suozzi was indeed a very popular mayor of Glen Cove, though his critics say his visions for waterfront and downtown revitalization were grander than his accomplishments.

They were grander than she was and much richer, but she had become friendly with them, and there was, since the houses shared a large back garden and some outhouses, a lot of traffic between the two establishments.

When they bounded up on stage at the end of the NYC premier, I realized their acting abilities were grander than I had imagined.

Hugo's novel was grander than its politics.

"In its DNA, that dining room really wanted to be grander than a brasserie," he says.

Then came the campus and it was grander than anything the writer had imagined.

It now seems that the rip-off was grander than the Security Council had imagined.

People think we will be grander than America; this is a populist policy.

Although it is grander than a normal cabin, its setting is typical.