Examples of palanquin in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web One of the most captivating items in the show is a palanquin from 1856, which was used to carry a wealthy bride to her groom’s home. — Emily Ferguson, WSJ, 22 Feb. 2019 Visitors are greeted by life-size elephant mannequins, massive thrones, canopies, tents, palanquins, swings and swords that impress by their sheer weightiness. — Sharmila Mukherjee, The Seattle Times, 2 Jan. 2019 The newlyweds made quite an entrance, and were carried into the center on palanquins that were each held up by four men. — Brooke Porter Katz, Harper's BAZAAR, 11 Apr. 2018 In one of the museum’s thoroughfares, drums and pipes and colorful flags surround a bride’s covered palanquin and a groom’s bejeweled elephant. — Lee Lawrence, WSJ, 10 Mar. 2018 Three separate and intensely solemn processions involving thousands of troops, a golden palanquin, a chariot and a royal gun carriage will move the royal urn representing Bhumibol’s remains from the Dusit Maha Prasad Throne Hall to the crematorium. — Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2017 Royal palanquins and a golden chariot have been prepared for the five-day cremation ceremony, which weaves together 600-year-old spiritual traditions. — Hannah Beech, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2017 An ornate palanquin, seen through a window in Bangkok on Friday, is prepared for the royal funeral. — Sunil Jagtiani, Bloomberg.com, 8 Sep. 2017

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