stateliness

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Recent Examples of stateliness The stateliness of it all feels even more old-fashioned in light of such recent audacious and original horror films as Sinners, Weapons, and everything directed by Jordan Peele. Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025 The cinematography, by Malik Hassan Sayeed, has a documentary-like precision combined with a somber stateliness. Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stateliness
Noun
  • The still-unfinished Sagrada Família inspires awe with its Gothic-meets-modernist majesty—and enduring century-long construction timeline.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The imposing gothic details of Victor’s castle-laboratory—a portentous warrior-angel statue that comes to life, a screaming Medusa rondel carved in stone—vibrate with gloomy baroque majesty.
    Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 30 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • This gives the outfit a cool twist without sacrificing elegance.
    Emma Mehl, Glamour, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Nothing more needs to be said to exhibit the chasm about to open up between two young women who share much in the way of gentility, elegance and accomplishments.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Young has shown true flashes of brilliance.
    Mike Kaye September 10, Charlotte Observer, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Eternal Aura reflects the brilliance of Black creativity that cannot be dimmed, evolving through every drape, print, and body, a glow that endures across generations.
    Karissa Mitchell, Essence, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Sitting for a portrait was once reserved for the elite, with kings, queens, and nobility commissioning grand works to immortalize themselves and assert their authority.
    Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
  • And sure, there’s nobility in that.
    Kevin Sintumuang, Outside, 27 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The yacht builder appears committed to exploring quieter, more purposeful luxury over grandeur and traditional measures of scale.
    Katia Damborsky, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • While people have different definitions for luxury, the word typically elicits extravagance, grandeur, and exclusivity.
    Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • There is power in affording others the human dignity that all of God’s children deserve.
    Russell M. Nelson, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Nusbaum, the Saint Mary’s College education professor, said Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) training, along with crisis teams in schools, would help maintain the dignity of students and the safety of the teachers.
    IndyStar, IndyStar, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • With their glory days long gone, Gary Emerson and Horace Mann high schools represent blighted eyesores that conjure up nostalgia and grim realities.
    Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Spanning over 20 years of Martin’s life, Michôd and Mirrah Foulkes’ screenplay (with story by Katherine Fugate) leans into the general shape of the triumphant sports story — rising talent, gritty road to glory, many setbacks, eventual big win — but reimagines it as a much more common tale.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Stateliness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stateliness. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.

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