How to Use stately in a Sentence

stately

adjective

• Its huge arm swung back and forth, as stately as the neck of a sauropod.
  — Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2024
• Tall and stately, Chun Wai Chan stood near the center of the studio.
  — New York Times, 28 July 2022
• Lighthouse Beach, on the Atlantic, is close to town, and Chatham Light adds a stately touch.
  — Pamela Wright, BostonGlobe.com, 11 May 2023
• The movie is largely set in drab Arkham and a stately courtroom.
  — Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
• But luckily for the creators of The Crown, there are plenty of stately homes across the UK to choose from.
  — Emily Chan, Vogue, 14 Nov. 2022
• From the Portsmouth station, the three-car train sets a stately pace north as chefs in the kitchen car prepare the four-course dinners.
  — Patricia Harris and David Lyon, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2023
• And this time, the women gathered in its stately courtroom would face a bench filled with men.
  — Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 28 Apr. 2023
• The vocal line is stately one moment, dancing on pointe the next.
  — Tim Page, BostonGlobe.com, 17 May 2022
• Here' the piece in question is a stately grandfather clock.
  — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 21 Nov. 2022
• These stately flowers are a must-have in any spring garden.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 9 Jan. 2023
• The grounds of Whittier College are lush and the buildings stately.
  — Alexis Timko, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2023
• The stately room was transformed from the show venue earlier in the day for the after-hours affair.
  — Ian Malone, Vogue, 18 Sep. 2024
• The garden at Kenwood House, a stately home in Hampstead Heath that is now open to the public.
  — Ruth Bloomfield, WSJ, 18 May 2022
• The first is the town’s 125-year-old opera house with a stately clock tower that informs residents of the time from all four sides.
  — Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 17 June 2023
• Straus’s building has a pair of dark, stately columns that frame the entrance.
  — Naaman Zhou, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024
• Opened in 2004, the stately property is the only one in town to boast unfettered views of the Tidal Basin.
  — Travel + Leisure, 3 Mar. 2022
• The houses tended to be stately Colonials, or maybe the newer ranch style.
  — Johanna Mayer, Scientific American, 16 Nov. 2023
• The stately red-brick abode was originally the residence of Colonel the Hon.
  — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 27 Nov. 2023
• The Manor sits on 27 sprawling acres, but it’s not only the stately house that impresses.
  — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 3 Oct. 2022
• Screens, vibrant and playful; stairs, sweeping and stately; and light, deep, warm, and rich.
  — Jane Pauley, CBS News, 19 May 2024
• The stately bedroom suites provide direct access to the spa, and the corner suites have their own saunas and steam rooms.
  — Meredith Lepore, Robb Report, 24 Sep. 2024
• Ivy adds a stately touch to historic homes but is also invasive in much of the South.
  — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 8 Apr. 2024
• Dilworth’s stately oaks keep getting taller, and so do its homes.
  — Page Leggett, Charlotte Observer, 1 Feb. 2024
• Alexander Calder’s Gallows and Lollipops — a very red thing — is also there, giving a dash of hot sauce to the stately space.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 8 Feb. 2024
• And now, for the first time, the stately drinking parlor has launched an exclusive club in conjunction with The Macallan.
  — Brad Japhe, Forbes, 7 Nov. 2021
• At the center of the stately spread is a dramatic, Tuscan-style country house.
  — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 23 Apr. 2024
• Festive warm lights and garland wrap the stately columns, while Santas adorn the porch and balcony.
  — Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com, 17 Dec. 2021
• The shootings took place in an area of older, stately buildings on the northern edge of the Michigan State campus, one of the nation’s largest at 5,200 acres.
  — Joey Cappelletti and Mike Householder, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Feb. 2023
• Oaks These stately trees can provide the high shade or dappled shade that Japanese maples crave.
  — Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Oct. 2024
• The melody is underscored by a series of pulsing broken chords, and the sound of a harpsichord adds a stately flourish.
  — Sheila Regan, Twin Cities, 11 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Nov 2024