Sample Sentences formagisterial (auto-selected)
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She was a widow, a chameleon lady who worked in her flower beds in an old straw hat and men's coveralls, but after her five o'clock bath she would appear on the porch and reign over the street in magisterial beauty. (source)magisterial = fitting for a person of importance
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I would not call that strange, but magisterial.† (source)
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But tell him, also, to set his fraternal and magisterial heart at ease: that I keep strictly within the limits of the law.† (source)
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[He sits down magisterially] I come about a very serious matter, Governor† (source)
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The General waved me into my seat with a magisterial sweep of his long slender arm.† (source)
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His magisterial persona must come to an end in ashes.† (source)
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Harrison looked as merry as you please, behind his magisterial solemnity.† (source)
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You can't do things like that right in front of the Minister for Magic, you — you = His voice faltered as Dumbledore surveyed him magisterially over his half-moon spectacles.† (source)
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He loved this place, a magisterial old house in the Garden District.† (source)
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He wanted someone to share the blame, and frowned at Mrs. Moore rather magisterially.† (source)
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I drink a great deal of beer, to make myself magisterial.† (source)
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A magnificent figure he cut too, pausing for a moment (as the sound of the half hour died away) to look critically, magisterially, at socks and shoes;† (source)
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There was no magisterial district in all of South Africa where whites constituted a majority of residents.† (source)
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"Mary would not be happy without doing her duty," said Mrs. Garth, magisterially, conscious of having done her own.† (source)
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When he met Florentino Ariza, the first thing he did, with a certain magisterial delight, was to initiate him into the secrets of his paradise.† (source)
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Grower said magisterially to one of these in a fustian jacket, who smoked a short pipe and wore straps round his knees.† (source)
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