Example Sentences

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The one who seemed to enjoy it the least was Sir Jehoshophat Dain, a white-bearded pillar of terrific imposingness.

From The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns by Bennett, Arnold

Well, she had not the imposingness nor the mystery of Lady Massulam, nor perhaps the challenge of Lady Massulam; she was very much more prosaic to him.

From Mr. Prohack by Bennett, Arnold

As we approached the tomb it grew in imposingness.

From In and out of Three Normady Inns by Dodd, Anna Bowman

Percy looked down at her; all his imposingness, all his air of importance, and his occasional tinge of pompousness, had entirely vanished.

From Bird of Paradise by Leverson, Ada