grandness
- a word derived from grand.
Example Sentences
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In fact, George Washington’s classic farewell address came perilously close to eschewing grandness and nobility and offering a precursor to Nixon’s approach.
From Salon • Jan. 17, 2025
It was, if nothing else, nicely shot, emphasizing intimacy rather than grandness.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2024
“There is something about the grandness of those sets and costumes; you get carried away with the theater of it, and it stops being real to you,” she said.
From New York Times • Mar. 24, 2023
The latter may sound insignificant, but these are spaces you routinely use, yet they lack the grandness and expectation of a kitchen or a living room.”
From Seattle Times • Dec. 27, 2022
Fronted by a lush lawn and palm trees, the Union Passenger Terminal had opened in 1954, an art deco-style building once aspiring to grandness but since overtaken by a certain grey municipal malaise.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
