Home
Idioms
Top 1000 Words
Top 5000 Words


Example sentences for "grand procession"

  • What a grand procession of heroes--something to look at till our tears flow and our hearts are set on fire!

  • The parishes were in full force; each parish was a grand procession by itself; the schools and confréries of each church with its insignia.

  • At the Sandy-Mount station the royal carriages were in waiting, and a grand procession of the authorities and gentry of the county.

  • The next day a grand procession of boats, partly tugged by steamers, proceeded to Westminster Bridge.

  • The streets of the city were magnificently decorated and hung with rich tapestry, and all the officers turned out in grand procession to conduct the royal party to the palace of St. Paul, that had been fitted up for their reception.

  • The body of Anne of Bohemia was carried in grand procession to London and buried at Westminster.

  • On the eve of the coronation, according to the usual custom, the queen was conducted through the city of London in grand procession.

  • The patriarch, therefore, went forth with a grand procession of priests and monks, and received the pilgrims with all due honor.

  • A grand procession, emblematic of the taking possession of the city, moves through the principal streets.

  • She was crowned with wild flowers; feasting, dancing, and rustic sports followed, and were closed by a grand procession in the evening.

  • Illustration: 'A grand procession of decorated barges from Whitehall to Limehouse.

  • A royal entertainment on the Thames was arranged, in which there was to be a grand procession of decorated barges from Whitehall to Limehouse.

  • Two days afterwards, having crossed the Nile in great pomp, he proceeded, in grand procession, to the temple of Serapis.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "grand procession" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    aesthetic pleasure; changed himself; clock before; curious smile; face full; fell upon; given three; grand army; grand ball; grand banquet; grand banquet; grand council; grand jury; grand nombre; grand officer; grand seigneur; grand style; grande armee; grandfather said; grandpa said; many pictures; social intercourse; times greater; will make the land; will watch; your master