How to Use pomp in a Sentence

pomp

noun
  • In Paris, there is the pomp and pageantry of the Olympics.
    Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 29 July 2024
  • The catch, of course, is that the pomp and circumstance is way, way late.
    Mike Finger, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Feb. 2022
  • For starters, there isn’t a hint of stuffiness or pomp.
    Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Dec. 2023
  • The pomp was toned down for the queen's second visit this year.
    Arkansas Online, 19 Dec. 2019
  • There was a lot of -- a fair amount of pomp and circumstance.
    Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 24 Aug. 2022
  • The city of puritan cant, left-wing pomp, and the meanest ...
    Brian T. Allen, National Review, 4 Jan. 2024
  • With them came a lot of pomp and circumstance and some nice drinks.
    Jenna West, SI.com, 29 June 2019
  • Much of the normal pomp that surrounds the speech was absent.
    Sarah D. Wire, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2021
  • The pomp and circumstance paid for by the British people is in no way present.
    Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2023
  • The event’s pomp, to say nothing of the size of the gift, was a world removed from his lowest days fresh out of prison.
    Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2022
  • There would be no pomp or glitz for the STC’s reopening.
    John Brant, Popular Mechanics, 25 Oct. 2019
  • Push the pomp aside, and there wasn’t much substance to Colorado’s season.
    Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 4 Jan. 2024
  • There was plenty of pomp as the teams entered to walk-out music and high-fives.
    Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Apr. 2023
  • There are no specifics, no renderings, and none of the pomp and circumstance of the last go-around.
    Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Oct. 2021
  • The event had all the pomp and circumstance called for in an 81-year-old tradition.
    oregonlive.com, 26 June 2019
  • Every so often the seas rise up and blow away all the pomp and pretension.
    Charles Graeber, Travel + Leisure, 6 Mar. 2021
  • Strip away the pomp and polish of a bigger-budget project, and that’s all that matters.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 17 Aug. 2023
  • There was a time when the start of a new TV season would bring with it endless pomp and circumstance.
    Todd Vanderwerff, Vox, 24 Sep. 2018
  • All of the agreements could have been made without granting Putin a one-on-one meeting with all the pomp of the summit.
    The Editors, National Review, 17 June 2021
  • Like his wife, Joseph doesn't care for the religious pomp and circumstance of Gilead.
    Elena Nicolaou, refinery29.com, 20 June 2019
  • For all the pomp, the actual revelations in the first salvo of the Twitter Files were a bit thin.
    Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2022
  • The broadcasts have added a procession that gives some pomp to the circumstance.
    Wesley Morris, New York Times, 21 June 2019
  • And the royal pomp and flourishes are the extra cherry on top.
    Julie Washington, cleveland.com, 17 Sep. 2019
  • Not for the sake of the members, who would’ve doubtless seen their hunting curtailed by all the pomp and preparation, but for the sake of the Swedish monarch.
    The Editors, Field & Stream, 10 Oct. 2020
  • The start of the working week is another day steeped in the historic pageantry and pomp that follows the death of a British sovereign.
    Mike Corder, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Sep. 2022
  • The pomp of Black Friday, along with the deluge of online deals and discounts, may derail these plans.
    Imani Moise, WSJ, 24 Nov. 2022
  • Flight of the Rogue Officers There was little pomp to their departure from the base.
    Sarah A. Topol, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2024
  • Have a good look at the high pomp of tonight’s State of the Union address and ask yourself if this is a country immune to caesarism.
    Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 4 Feb. 2020
  • The Super Bowl will have a kickoff time of 6:30 p.m. ET, although with the pomp and pageantry of the event, that has a margin of error of a few minutes.
    Gabe Zaldivar, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2024
  • Underneath its papal pomp and regal bearing, this thing is pulp through and through.
    Nate Jones, Vulture, 26 Oct. 2024

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