Pronunciation of the English word pomp.
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1. | It has set up a religion of pomp and of revenue in pretended imitation of a person whose life was humility and poverty. | |
2. | Funeral pomp is more for the vanity of the living than for the honor of the dead. | |
3. | Tom celebrated his fortieth birthday the other day, without pomp or ceremony. | |
4. | The new bishop was installed with much pomp and circumstance. | |
5. | The King took the lovely maiden upon his horse and carried her to his palace, where the wedding was held with great pomp. | |
6. | The new community center was inaugurated yesterday with pomp and circumstance. | |
7. | Buckingham Palace is a symbol of pomp and ceremony. | |
8. | "Thence Corybantian cymbals clashed and brayed / in praise of Cybele. In Ida's wood / her mystic rites in secrecy were paid, / and lions, yoked in pomp, their sovereign's car conveyed." | |
9. | Lord Juss sat in the high seat midmost of the dais, with Goldry on his right in the seat of black opal, and on his left Spitfire, throned on the alexandrite. On the dais sat likewise those other lords of Demonland, and the guests of lower degree thronged the benches and the polished tables as the wide doors opened on their silver hinges, and the Ambassador with pomp and ceremony paced up the shining floor of marble and green tourmaline. |