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
  • The movie is largely set in drab Arkham and a stately courtroom.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Screens, vibrant and playful; stairs, sweeping and stately; and light, deep, warm, and rich.
    — Jane Pauley, CBS News, 19 May 2024
  • The stately bedroom suites provide direct access to the spa, and the corner suites have their own saunas and steam rooms.
    — Meredith Lepore, Robb Report, 24 Sep. 2024
  • Ivy adds a stately touch to historic homes but is also invasive in much of the South.
    — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 8 Apr. 2024
  • 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
  • And now, for the first time, the stately drinking parlor has launched an exclusive club in conjunction with The Macallan.
    — Brad Japhe, Forbes, 7 Nov. 2021
  • At the center of the stately spread is a dramatic, Tuscan-style country house.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 23 Apr. 2024
  • Festive warm lights and garland wrap the stately columns, while Santas adorn the porch and balcony.
    — Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com, 17 Dec. 2021
  • 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
  • The first floor of the home is decked out with a grand reception hall, a drawing room, and a stately library which is believed to have been her husband’s favorite room.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 22 Oct. 2024
  • Its stately stone hilltop home in Napa Valley’s Oakville district is where grapes from the area’s finest sites become extraordinary wine that is lauded by wine lovers and critics year after year.
    — Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 1 Nov. 2024

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