1
: the quality or state of being grand : magnificence
the glory that was Greece and the grandeur that was Rome—
E. A. Poe
E. A. Poe2
: an instance or example of grandeur
visited the awesome grandeurs of the American West
Examples of grandeur in a Sentence
His paintings capture the beauty and grandeur of the landscape.
They are restoring the hotel to its original grandeur.
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In Arthur Penn’s 1967 Bonnie and Clyde, Hackman played Buck Barrow, older brother to Warren Beatty’s Clyde; the performance was robust, nuanced, quietly shattering—Buck’s death scene is a moment of savage grandeur.
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 27 Feb. 2025
The teacher gets delusions of grandeur, behaving tyrannically toward his family.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2025
Adapting Zombies novelist Seth Grahame-Smith’s book, which reimagined our 16th president as a kick-ass vampire slayer, director Timur Bekmambetov overdoes the gloomy grandeur and violent kill sequences.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 17 Feb. 2025
Centered around the drama of New York City’s elite during the 1880s—and the rapidly changing social and economic landscape of the post-Civil War era—the show serves up plenty of glamour, grandeur, and guilty pleasure.
—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 9 Feb. 2025
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Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 27 Feb. 2025
The teacher gets delusions of grandeur, behaving tyrannically toward his family.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2025
Adapting Zombies novelist Seth Grahame-Smith’s book, which reimagined our 16th president as a kick-ass vampire slayer, director Timur Bekmambetov overdoes the gloomy grandeur and violent kill sequences.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 17 Feb. 2025
Centered around the drama of New York City’s elite during the 1880s—and the rapidly changing social and economic landscape of the post-Civil War era—the show serves up plenty of glamour, grandeur, and guilty pleasure.
—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 9 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for grandeur
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“Grandeur.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grandeur. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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grandeur
noun
gran·deur
ˈgran-jər 
1
: the quality or state of being grand : awe-inspiring magnificence
2
: something that is grand
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