How to Use stately in a Sentence

stately

adjective
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  • 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
  • Lighthouse Beach, on the Atlantic, is close to town, and Chatham Light adds a stately touch.
    — Pamela Wright, BostonGlobe.com, 11 May 2023
  • 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
  • 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 this time, the women gathered in its stately courtroom would face a bench filled with men.
    — Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 28 Apr. 2023
  • 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 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 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
  • Dilworth’s stately oaks keep getting taller, and so do its homes.
    — Page Leggett, Charlotte Observer, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Alexander Calder’s Gallows and Lollipops — a very red thing — is also there, giving a dash of hot sauce to the stately space.
    — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 8 Feb. 2024
  • The shootings took place in an area of older, stately buildings on the northern edge of the Michigan State campus, one of the nation’s largest at 5,200 acres.
    — Joey Cappelletti and Mike Householder, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Feb. 2023
  • There’s no shortage of stately homes in the English countryside.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 26 Oct. 2022
  • The gold leaf and the grandiose nudity signal to me a certain yesteryear—that of old, stately Europe.
    — Julian Bell, The New York Review of Books, 26 Dec. 2023
  • The proceedings are observed, from the gallery, by the tall and stately figure of Rama (Kayije Kagame).
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2023
  • Louis Ghost chair takes the shape of a stately Louis XV seat, only to be reimagined as a single mold of high gloss polycarbonate.
    — Nick Remsen, CNN, 12 July 2022
  • But the event was nonetheless stately and steeped in history.
    — Adam Liptak, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Sep. 2022
  • Park Avenue and its stately high rises for New York City's nouveau riche covered up the eyesore.
    — Kerry J. Byrne Fox News, Fox News, 2 Feb. 2024
  • The stately New York City duplex is currently listed for a cool $10 million.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Despite the chaos, Murray was a granite cliff of calm, stately, expertise.
    — Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Now, the stately residence is being listed again—this time, for just over $221 million, according to The Guardian.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 11 Oct. 2022
  • The warm and stately study makes for an ideal work-from-home situation and features a fireplace and a wall of wood bookcases.
    — Joey Morona, cleveland, 7 Oct. 2022
  • The stately logo is reflected in a variety of hues, creating a print on this fringed scarf.
    — Gaby Keiderling, Harper's BAZAAR, 17 Oct. 2022
  • The interior of Grand Universe is just as stately, with velvet drapes and high-end amenities.
    — Rose Minutaglio, ELLE, 14 July 2023
  • At the speaker's office, where McCarthy's name had still been out front since his ouster last week, crews were seen carting boxes and artwork out of the stately suite in the Capitol.
    — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2023
  • At the speaker’s office, where McCarthy’s name had still been out front since his ouster last week, crews were seen carting boxes and artwork out of the stately suite in the Capitol.
    — Lisa Mascaro, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2023

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