How to Use pomp in a Sentence

pomp

noun

• The catch, of course, is that the pomp and circumstance is way, way late.
  — Mike Finger, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Feb. 2022
• There was a lot of -- a fair amount of pomp and circumstance.
  — Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 24 Aug. 2022
• 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
• 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
• Strip away the pomp and polish of a bigger-budget project, and that’s all that matters.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 17 Aug. 2023
• 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 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
• 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
• As a piece of live television, the event gave off a spirit of conservative pomp that the first one had lacked.
  — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2023
• Keeping the levels up The second day of practices didn’t have any drop off from opening day’s pomp.
  — Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic, 16 Mar. 2023
• But otherwise, there are few signs that the British royals are toning down the pomp for the May 6 ceremonies.
  — Marisa Bellack, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2023
• True, Elizabeth II, born to royalty and bound by duty, had lived a life of palaces and pomp.
  — Adam Geller, ajc, 10 Sep. 2022
• The pomp, splendor and slow march of Queen Elizabeth II's state funeral awed many with its grandeur, and was at times too much to take in.
  — Joanna Sugden, WSJ, 20 Sep. 2022
• Left to their own devices, their preferred attire would mix the pomp of Liberace with the frouf of the Elizabethans.
  — Hillary Kelly, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2021
• With great pomp, Mr. Lukashenko declared at the time that the fighters were sent by Russia to disrupt his looming re-election.
  — Valerie Hopkins Nanna Heitmann, New York Times, 7 July 2023
• But, the pomp of King Charles's coronation, along with an existing uptick in buying trends, might give the shops on Savile Row a bit of a boost.
  — Isiah Magsino, Town & Country, 6 May 2023
• Yet, amid this display of pomp and power, President Joe Biden showed Xi who’s boss.
  — Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 25 Oct. 2022
• With due pomp the saucy trio unveil a spinning game-show wheel divided between fates of Booth, Dare, and Cream.
  — Matt Thompson, SPIN, 8 Nov. 2023
• Whereas the British like to go big on the pomp and pageantry, invoking ancient symbols of power, the Danes seem to take a more businesslike approach.
  — Karla Adam, Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2024
• In 1969, it was thought that a show of royal pomp and ritual would quell the rumblings of Welsh nationalism.
  — Juliet Rieden, Town & Country, 8 Sep. 2022
• The proud mom also shared another big moment from the day filled with pomp and circumstance — a video of Jade giving a class speech.
  — Antonia Debianchi, PEOPLE.com, 16 June 2022
• Britain and especially the monarchy are famous for doing big pomp, like the king’s over-the-top coronation in May.
  — William Booth, Washington Post, 10 July 2023
• Through all the pomp and circumstance of the day — the glamour of former presidents and first ladies, pop stars and celebrities in the crowd — one star shined brighter than the rest: Sen. Bernie Sanders' mittens.
  — NBC News, 31 Dec. 2021
• For all its pomp and gravity, however, the day could not begin to predict the role the tomb would come to play in binding and healing the nation.
  — Andrew Thomas, WSJ, 10 Nov. 2021
• Millions are set to throng central London for a bonanza of events showcasing the 96-year-old royal and the best of British pomp and pageantry.
  — Adela Suliman, Washington Post, 1 June 2022
• Instead, he was celebrated in a haze of pomp and glitter.
  — Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2022
• All this pageantry labors to compensate for the music’s serene chill but winds up undercutting it with a kind of jittery pomp.
  — Vulture, 30 Sep. 2022

Last Updated: 6 May 2024