Sample sentences for PARAMOUNT

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Definition

most important

The children's well-being is paramount.

paramount = most important

She's a one-issue voter for whom the abortion is paramount.
said Mrs Nickleby slowly, as if she were making a tremendous effort to recollect something of paramount importance;
Charles Dickens -- The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
...she gave her reasons. Paramount among them that...
Alice Walker -- The Color Purple

paramount = most important

Of course it matters! It's paramount.
Sarah Dessen -- Along for the Ride

paramount = most important

So far as they touch on this case, absolute loyalty and truth are the ones paramount.
Henry, O. -- The Four Million
When he mentioned Cumberland to me we were in the lobby of the Paramount Theatre waiting for Stella.
Saul Bellow -- The Adventures of Augie March
This was my duty, but there was another still paramount to that.
Mary Shelley -- Frankenstein
Lord Paramount of the Trident, Sansa thought, and Lord of Harrenhul as well.
George R.R. Martin -- A Clash of Kings
But finding peace is paramount.
Wes Moore -- The Other Wes Moore
Certainly Lawson's jealousy was his paramount emotion.
Zane Grey -- The Lone Star Ranger
He shook his head feverishly, and clung to the paramount obsession.
Alfred Bester -- The Demolished Man
They'd set rules, and for each of them the need to abide by them was paramount.
Nora Roberts -- Summer Pleasures
Joffrey gave you Harrenhal, made you Lord Paramount of the Trident .... why ....
George R.R. Martin -- A Storm of Swords
They are ordinarily men to whom forms are of paramount importance.
Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The House of the Seven Gables
This paramount importance of gumption solves a problem of format of this Chautauqua.
Robert M. Pirsig -- Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
In cases like that, says the doctor, a patient's rights are paramount.
Steve Lopez -- The Soloist
But it must be: the needs of the tribe are paramount.
Frank Herbert -- Dune
What do the circumstances of life matter if your dreams make you lord paramount of time and space?'
W. Somerset Maugham -- Of Human Bondage
Paramount, however, was secrecy.
Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Supremacy

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