Example Sentences

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The gods had no rainbow bridge to parade across as they entered Valhalla at the end, just the organ pipes magisterially seen through the hangings.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2024

But the old ways are passing, symbolized by the physical decrepitude of Al, whom McShane plays magisterially as a lion in very late December.

From New York Times • May 29, 2019

What made this “Aida” indelible, however, was Anita Rachvelishvili’s magisterially hell-raising performance as Amneris.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 4, 2018

He wrote on India without knowing anything about it, without ever setting foot in it, but as usual, being only too willing to pronounce magisterially on things he couldn’t even begin to understand.

From Slate • May 14, 2018

As he imparted this melancholy circumstance to Wemmick, Mr. Jaggers standing magisterially before the fire and taking no share in the proceedings, Mike’s eye happened to twinkle with a tear.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens