grand march
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of grand march
An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900
Example Sentences
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The lesson of 1989 is that there is no grand march, no dialectic of thesis versus antithesis resolving in some synthesis, no moral arc bending toward justice—or toward any particular thing.
From Slate ● Nov. 8, 2019
Late in the evening the traditional grand march formed in the Palm Court.
From Time Magazine Archive
The triumphant queen was to be crowned at the ball; the commandant would escort her in the grand march.
From Time Magazine Archive
He knew that of the hardy hundreds who braved the rain, some were there to hear the light, pleasant band numbers: a grand march, a Strauss waltz, a fantasy for cornet.
From Time Magazine Archive
The grand march, too, in the fourth act created a sensation, equally with the magnificent spectacle and the gorgeous palanquin in which "Selika" enters accompanied by "Nelusko."
From The Mapleson Memoirs, vol I 1848-1888 by James H. Mapleson
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