Sentence examples for without pageant from inspiring English sources

Not with a song booted out into the world without pageant or fanfare.

Edie wonders, "Without Pageant, what do you have to mark the difference between one day and the next?" In Edie's social milieu, being crowned queen is considered the only worthwhile dream for girls.

"Is it JonBenet without the beauty pageant?" one mused.

"There just wouldn't be a little old Pageant without Catalina," she said severely.

Unlike London's Olympics, this is a pageant without an end, a tapestry rich enough to wipe away temporary inconveniences.

An Olympic opening ceremony is usually a televised exercise in fluff and world geography, a three- or four-hour pageant without news.

The beauty queens of the title wouldn't have made it to the Miss Teen Dream pageant without knowing how to please.

Before competing in the Miss California USA competition, all prospective contestants are required to sign a detailed 12-page contract prohibiting Miss California USA from making personal appearances, giving interviews or making commercials without permission from pageant officials.

But then, what's a Christmas pageant without both shepherds (from Luke) and magi (courtesy of Matthew) at the manger?

The new system allowed construction to occur at the ceiling level, without inhibiting work, or the pageant, from proceeding below, said Michael Mennella, executive vice president at Tishman.

Behold Le Cirque 2000, a giddy swirl of wealth and privilege, of gilt without guilt, a glittering social pageant that cries out for a Balzac or a Wharton.