pomp

How To Use pomp In A Sentence

• Then there are the ruins of Dura-Europos, a Parthian caravan center founded in 300 B.C., halfway between Syria and Mesopotamia and known as the "Pompeii of the East.
• Hunt was also to write that he and Millais used to stand in front of the Raphael cartoons (then at Hampton Court) and judge them fearlessly, also that they condemned Raphael's Transfiguration (which they had never seen) 'for its grandiose disregard of the simplicity of truth, the pompous posturing of the Apostles, and the unspiritual attitudinising of the Saviour.' Cosa Nostra
• He could spot hypocrisy, pomposity, smugness, snobbery, tomfoolery and turpitude from miles away.
• The prince's manner was informal,(sentence dictionary) without a trace of pomposity.
• There is also a tour of Pompeii that shows how the town looked before the volcano eruption. The Sun
• I was accused of being stiff, spoiled, pompous, upper crusted, bitter, angry, negative, imbecilic, and even crazy.
• Dio Cassius can scarcely be mistaken when he says that Tyre and Sidon were "enslaved" -- i.e. deprived of freedom -- by Augustus, [14477] who must certainly have revoked the privilege originally granted by Pompey. History of Phoenicia
• Music critics have often poured scorn on progressive rock for being boring, pompous and pretentious. Times, Sunday Times
• Note, Scorners that laugh at what they see and hear that is above their capacity, are not proper witnesses of the wonderful works of Christ, the glory of which lies not in pomp, but in power. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John)
• Farther along they spied calami, adversi, frail, and pomposi, which were worse, so they gave up on their search for anything better. Faun & Games