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How to use pageant in a sentence

23 example sentences · noun, verb

Pageant means an elaborate public display, especially a parade in historical or traditional costume. Example: “The artists who painted these murals brought the pageant of America vividly to life.”

Examples of pageant by meaning

nounAn elaborate public display, especially a parade in historical or traditional costume.

  • The artists who painted these murals brought the pageant of America vividly to life.2022, Gary Gerstle, chapter 1, in The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order […] , New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, Part I. The New...

More sentences with pageant

  • By Thursday, Momma's pageant fever was worse than ever, though the tri-county pageant wasn't until early June.2012, Kirsten Hubbard, Like Mandarin, Ember, page 151. From the entry pageant fever
  • Some well-to-do pageanteers evidently traveled around the country to appear in one pageant after another.2010, Morna O'Neill, Michael Hatt, The Edwardian Sense, page 57. From the entry pageanteer
  • "Madeline, can't you do something about the proliferation of pageants in these parts?2007, Jane Tesh, A Hard Bargain: A Madeleine Maclin Mystery, Poisoned Pen Press, →ISBN, page 103. From the entry pageantitis
  • It’s about the fifth-most important beauty pageant in the country, my be-sashed seatmate informs me.2006 March 25, Jojo Robles, “Filipino Geishas”, in Pacific Daily News, volume 37, number 52, Hagåtña, Guam, page 14, column 3. From the entry be-sashed
  • Sending such ugly women to international pageants will "sia suay" Singaporeans.2000 December 4, vignette, “Singapore Miss World SUCKS!!”, in Google Groups, Singapore. From the entry sia suay
  • And not many got to see what pageant officials witnessed on camera, GiGi, the orangette.1996 September 8, Susan Ruiz Patton, “Miss Pa. finds life as a blonde a bit too colorful”, in The Morning Call, number 37,958, Allentown…. From the entry greenette
  • Most contestants don't need much encouragement; once they begin to compete they catch pageant fever.1984, Newsweek, volume 104, numbers 10–18, page 60. From the entry pageant fever
  • Keywords related to this year’s Miss Universe pageant dominated X Philippine trends, including “Top 10” and “COOKING SHOW,” among others.2023 November 19, “Fans praise Michelle Dee for Miss Universe 2023 run, saying she was ‘robbed’”, in Rappler, retrieved 30 Nov 2023. From the entry cooking show
  • Other Americans and Europeans also made their way into court, drawn by its brilliant pageants and lavish lū‘au, or feasts.2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, published 2012, page 13. From the entry luau
  • As pageants go, this one was short (about four blocks, one hour) and friendly in a fringey, attitudinous way.2007 September 10, Holland Cotter, “The Creative Spirit, Strolling Through SoHo With Its Fringe Flying”, in The New York Times, archived…. From the entry fringey
  • They moved a group of dancers and Scientologist friends into the Row and created a pageant called U.2006, Joe Boyd, chapter 27, in White Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960s, London: Serpent’s Tail, →ISBN, page 223. From the entry Scientologist
  • For some women, this is their first pageant experience, while others are 'career' pageanteers, who started as young as four.2002, Keith Lovegrove, Pageant: The Beauty Contest. From the entry pageanteer
  • Jane lined up the girls and called out, "Dive!" The girls dived - mermaids for a piscatorial pageant.1969, Allen V. Ross, Vice in Bombay, London: Tallis Press, page 184. From the entry piscatorial
  • Pageants, parades, and other activities ranging from stage-coach races to a polar-bear swim will highlight the two occasions.1966 April 20, “B.C. to Celebrate Two Centennials”, in The Kellogg Evening News, 42nd year, number 28, Kellogg, Ida., →OCLC, page [7]…. From the entry polar-bear swim
  • The auto parade this afternoon will be next in importance only to the millineric pageant moving majestically in Easteric magnificence.1911 April 16, “Tales of the Town Told in a Few Lines: Pencil Stubs Picked Up at Random”, in Americus Times-Recorder, thirty-third year…. From the entry millineric
  • On the 9th and 10th inst., a grand military pageant and tattoo took place in the grounds of Government House.1907 July 31, “2nd Battalion Notes”, in St. George's Gazette, volume XXV, number 295, London, page 107. From the entry pageantitis
  • Carriages went up and down in endless pageant.1905, Liberty Hyde Bailey, The outlook to nature. From the entry headlong
  • Her real name suggested a second runner-up for a Junior Miss pageant, or maybe a budding actress whose real name is Wanda Maxine Smith.1986, Sue Grafton, C is for Corpse, St. Martin's Press, published 2005, →ISBN, page 153. From the entry Maxine
  • Beauty pageants are supposed to be Cinderella tales, where at the grand finale the queen sobs tears of joy while the losers hug her valiantly.1986 October 6, “Thailand: Uneasy Lies the Head”, in Time, retrieved 29 Jul 2015. From the entry grand finale
  • An important sporting event or historical pageant taxes London's Underground railways to the utmost limit, and strap-hanging is and always will be an everyday occurrence.1948 January and February, C. R. L. Coles, “The Grouping Era”, in Railway Magazine, page 20. From the entry strap-hanging
  • Where too often a suburban street may suggest the opening pageant of a mask ball, here is something picturesque without motley, interesting without nerve-wrack.1928, Architect and Engineer - Volumes 94-95, page 125. From the entry nerve-wrack
  • In the industry these are sometimes referred to as "Charlie Brown trees," after the pathetic, droopy specimen that Charlie Brown selected for the Christmas pageant in his eponymous cartoon classic.2005, Kevin Cuddihy, Phillip Metcalfe, “O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree: All about Christmas Trees”, in Christmas’s Most Wanted: The…. From the entry Charlie Brown tree

Meaning of pageant

  1. noun An elaborate public display, especially a parade in historical or traditional costume.
  2. noun A spectacular ceremony.
  3. noun A wheeled platform for the exhibition of plays, etc.

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Questions about pageant in a sentence

How do you use pageant in a sentence?
Pageant is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The artists who painted these murals brought the pageant of America vividly to life.”
What is a short sentence with pageant?
“Carriages went up and down in endless pageant.”
What does pageant mean?
Pageant means an elaborate public display, especially a parade in historical or traditional costume.

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