How to Use stately in a Sentence

stately

adjective

• Its huge arm swung back and forth, as stately as the neck of a sauropod.
  — Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2024
• Tall and stately, Chun Wai Chan stood near the center of the studio.
  — New York Times, 28 July 2022
• From the entry door, a stately arched hall leads to the living room.
  — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 14 Nov. 2020
• Lighthouse Beach, on the Atlantic, is close to town, and Chatham Light adds a stately touch.
  — Pamela Wright, BostonGlobe.com, 11 May 2023
• The movie is largely set in drab Arkham and a stately courtroom.
  — Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
• The stately 1,000 square-foot great room is enclosed by glass on both sides.
  — Brenda Richardson, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2021
• But luckily for the creators of The Crown, there are plenty of stately homes across the UK to choose from.
  — Emily Chan, Vogue, 14 Nov. 2022
• Block after block of once-stately homes have been left behind in the flight to the suburbs.
  — Jim Salter, Star Tribune, 1 Mar. 2021
• From the Portsmouth station, the three-car train sets a stately pace north as chefs in the kitchen car prepare the four-course dinners.
  — Patricia Harris and David Lyon, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2023
• And the complexes' names have evolved with the times, from stately and straightforward to quirky and catchy.
  — Rachel Hutton, Star Tribune, 16 July 2021
• And this time, the women gathered in its stately courtroom would face a bench filled with men.
  — Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 28 Apr. 2023
• Wreaths hung around the necks of the Art Institute’s stately lions.
  — Elise De Los Santos, chicagotribune.com, 25 Dec. 2020
• The home that occupies it was built in 1939 with a stately façade with columns.
  — Dallas News, 18 July 2021
• The stately brick house had curb appeal that Courtland Stevens just couldn't curb.
  — Stephanie Hunt, Southern Living, 20 Mar. 2021
• The vocal line is stately one moment, dancing on pointe the next.
  — Tim Page, BostonGlobe.com, 17 May 2022
• Here' the piece in question is a stately grandfather clock.
  — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 21 Nov. 2022
• These stately flowers are a must-have in any spring garden.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 9 Jan. 2023
• The grounds of Whittier College are lush and the buildings stately.
  — Alexis Timko, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2023
• The stately room was transformed from the show venue earlier in the day for the after-hours affair.
  — Ian Malone, Vogue, 18 Sep. 2024
• The garden at Kenwood House, a stately home in Hampstead Heath that is now open to the public.
  — Ruth Bloomfield, WSJ, 18 May 2022
• The first is the town’s 125-year-old opera house with a stately clock tower that informs residents of the time from all four sides.
  — Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 17 June 2023
• The stately spread was, ironically enough, known as The White House.
  — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 30 Jan. 2025
• Straus’s building has a pair of dark, stately columns that frame the entrance.
  — Naaman Zhou, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024
• Opened in 2004, the stately property is the only one in town to boast unfettered views of the Tidal Basin.
  — Travel + Leisure, 3 Mar. 2022
• As for the queen palms (the classic palm trees of Hollywood), with their stately, drooping canopy, the news is all bad.
  — Richard A. Marini, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Apr. 2021
• The houses tended to be stately Colonials, or maybe the newer ranch style.
  — Johanna Mayer, Scientific American, 16 Nov. 2023
• The stately red-brick abode was originally the residence of Colonel the Hon.
  — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 27 Nov. 2023
• The Manor sits on 27 sprawling acres, but it’s not only the stately house that impresses.
  — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 3 Oct. 2022
• To most of the world, London is the epicenter of stately and venerable — places, palaces, institutions with longevity and heft around every corner.
  — Derek Newton, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
• Focus on entertaining Nicole Cohen designed a dual kitchen for this lowcountry residence—in it, a cheery prep kitchen peeks out from behind the more stately show kitchen.
  — Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 6 Mar. 2025

Last Updated: 25 Mar 2025