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Sentence Examples The equestrian statue in Union Square and triumphal arch in Washington Square Park were adorned with flags and peace signs. The scale of the triumphal arch is gargantuan and this is reinforced by its highly simplified architectural detail. They were the triumphal enfant terrible of the UK's post-punk, independent music scene. The pastor's daughter in the bulky pinstriped trouser suit seems to think better of her brief triumphal gesture. The following spring Manual made a triumphal entry into the city and established himself as the unquestioned suzerain of Antioch. Most reports of the now public autopsy results sound a strangely triumphal note. Contrary to the triumphal boosterism of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Brechin offers imagery of despair with the city as maelstrom. Even the greatest obstacles, whether of language or customs or religion, have not been able to check that triumphal progress. Now while that celebration was deserved, if a little gauche and overly triumphal, the reasons for it must be analysed. But, a hundred years after Amundsen, the journey ended without a triumphal on-ice celebration. Remnants of the city's forum, basilica, temple, ramparts, oil mills and a huge triumphal arch are well preserved. Rome also had numerous triumphal arches constructed throughout the city to celebrate military victories. And before the triumphal lunch of the following day is even contemplated, there is Christmas Eve supper to produce. In place of the usual triumphal victory speeches and photo-calls, the two candidates issued only brief statements. The twenty-kilometre journey from Sandwich to Canterbury became a triumphal procession. These panels recall the painted versions of battles that Roman generals carried in triumphal processions. The triumphal arch was to span a distance of 285 feet and rise 325 feet, dwarfing the Eiffel Tower. The following day, de Gaulle staged a triumphal procession which confirmed his position as liberator and leader of France. Tom climbed the last pitch, set up his belay and greeted each of us with a triumphal smile as we rounded the summit. His successes are commemorated in a number of grandiose effigies, triumphal arches, vast frescoes and victory columns. Show More Sentences Behind the column is the vast triumphal arch that joins the two wings of the General Staff Building. Formerly senior lecturer in classics at Royal Holloway, Peter Howell is writing a book on triumphal arches. That feature most symbolic of entrance, the triumphal arch, is to be found only at the foot of the Capitol, where the ancient texts place it. The city grew up around its Roman monuments, which include a semicircular theatre and a triumphal arch. An impression of the original statue group on top may be gained from the chariot groups on the triumphal arch in the relief on the south. Just months after its triumphal takeover of the Turkish parliament with an absolute majority the AKP faces crisis. After a triumphal festival performance in California last month, Smith and co will soon tour with a string of acolytes supporting. Yet Warburg did not see history simply as the triumphal procession of Apollonian logic and beauty in the centuries following the Renaissance. The reverse commemorates the building of his triumphal arch, which still stands in Rome beside the Coliseum. In Roman baths and on triumphal arches there were other ways of expressing height. In 1778, after an absence of 28 years, he made a triumphal return to Paris, where he was lionized for four months in a way few writers can ever have experienced. It was also reported that at numerous places on the road from Levens Hall to the entrance to Kendal, several triumphal arches and other forms of decorations were on show. The Corinthia consists of two curving towers, one slightly taller than the other, linked by a cavernous reception area topped by a triumphal arch. The lower frame is modelled as a triumphal arch flanked by bound captives. In the late third century the site was levelled, including the triumphal arch, and a larger Saxon Shore fort constructed in stone, the walls of which now dominate the site. In contrast to the ecstatic mood of his partisans, the president was the opposite of triumphal. On Friday night, Roger Ebert made a triumphal return to television, the first ever talk-show host without a voice of his own. The Roman triumphal arch was one of the main sources of Neo classical expression with it tripartite division of four equal columns unequally spaced. The triumphal arch is used to honour the victorious military leader, and the arch of brotherhood is used to symbolise unity, equality and protection. Towering over the remote monastery at Masham there was even a triumphal column celebrating not the victories of kings but of Christ and his saints. Show More Sentences In August, Philip visited Poitiers in a triumphal procession. The answer lies not in the fact that he led a triumphal life but rather that at one particular pivot point in history he was there and did what was right. Hollywood's take on the Middle East wars has ranged from cerebral to resigned, but its latest is a classic triumphal war movie. Croce, is as massively and lavishly classicizing as the trabeation of many an ancient triumphal arch or basilica. Today the triumphal arch stands marooned in a sea of urban desolation, hosting the odd art exhibition. The triumphal arch standing today was built in 1905 replacing an older one. Everyone who skis down the Planai slope with its 52 percent incline will pass under the triumphal arch. Newly elected popes, for instance, processed through the streets of Rome under temporary triumphal arches built specially for the occasion. Known by various other names such as Passion Sunday, Willow Sunday and Flower Sunday, the day commemorates Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem. On May 13, Indian democracy served up one of its most triumphal stories. A triumphal arch is a monumental structure in the shape of an archway with one or more arched passageways, often designed to span a road. A medal was struck and a triumphal column erected at Boulogne to celebrate the invasion's anticipated success. Mary's supporters joined her in a triumphal procession to London, accompanied by her younger sister Elizabeth. After his capture, Caratacus was sent to Rome as a war prize, presumably to be killed after a triumphal parade. False Dmitri was married per procura to Marina Mniszech, and immediately after Godunov's death in 1605, he made his triumphal entry into Moscow. Inscriptions on Roman triumphal arches were works of art in themselves, with very finely cut, sometimes gilded letters. Some triumphal arches were surmounted by a statue or a currus triumphalis, a group of statues depicting the emperor or general in a quadriga. Handel kept the trumpets back in reserve throughout the piece right until the end, where they add another triumphal dimension to the finale. Adolf Hitler planned to build the world's largest triumphal arch in Berlin. The amphitheatre was, with the triumphal arch and basilica, the only major new type of building developed by the Romans. Show More Sentences Temporary triumphal arches made of lath and plaster were often erected for royal entries. The motif of the triumphal arch was also adapted and incorporated into the facades of public buildings such as city halls and churches. By the end of the 16th century the triumphal arch had become closely linked with court theatre, state pageantry and military fortifications. The development of the triumphal arch is often associated with ancient Roman architecture. The first recorded Roman triumphal arches were set up in the time of the Roman Republic. Trajan's triumphal arches in Ancona and Beneventum are other constructions projected by him. Most Roman triumphal arches were built during the imperial period. Roman triumphal practices changed significantly at the start of the imperial period when the first Roman Emperor Augustus decreed that only emperors would be granted triumphs. Hitler's plans for rebuilding Berlin included a gigantic dome based on the Pantheon in Rome and a triumphal arch more than double the height of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. Little is known about how the Romans viewed triumphal arches. Despite his melancholic mood, da Gama was given a hero's welcome and showered with honors, including a triumphal procession and public festivities. As a final touch, each wagoner tied a fine new cracker to his whip to outcrack his comrades as they dashed around the Plaza in a hilarious, triumphal entry. Roman triumphal arches remained a source of fascination well after the fall of Rome, serving as a reminder of past glories and a symbol of state power. Yet for those who fell, there would be no triumphal arch they were too late to be honoured by the departing Empire, and too early to be accepted by the free nation-state. Sculpted panels depicted victories and achievements, the deeds of the triumphator, the captured weapons of the enemy or the triumphal procession itself. Examples from Classical Literature But these futile ebullitions of malice are powerless to check the triumphal progress of the charabanc in the Eastern Counties. These are, or may be, included in the palmated class, as they are evidently woven for triumphal occasions. In a bridge the arch is triumphal, both for practical and commemorative ends. The palmated garment was figured with palm-leaves, and was a triumphal or festive garment. Of the arco di Augusto within the town, said to be a triumphal arch of Macrinus, there is nothing left but a single jamb. Their triumphal entry into Adelaide was a demonstration worthy of a prince. The town is so pent in by hills as not to be seen until one has passed under the triumphal arch by which it is entered. Why, we've put up a triumphal arch, and there was going to be a great celebration. The order of the procession was arranged by the designator, master of ceremonies, and it closely resembled a triumphal procession. This Jacopo prepared six triumphal cars, in order to double the number of those executed by the diamante. Caesar's son will not be exhibited to the Quirites in the triumphal procession. The entre was expedited by Beethoven, the joint disappeared to a triumphal march. What was contemplated as a triumphal reentrance becomes a footrace to the nearest ready-made clothing store. A triumphal arch was erected in his honor in the Roman Forum. At the church there is a triumphal arch through which all pass. The Romans originally called their triumphal arch fornix, not arcus. Laurie was equally impracticable, and would have had bonfires, skyrockets, and triumphal arches, if he had had his own way. His triumphal entree into the world of civilization and fashion was secure. Garlands and triumphal arches were hung across the road to welcome the young bride. Sir John Soane designed a national memorial to Trafalgar and Waterloo in 1816, and proposed triumphal arches elsewhere. Show More Sentences Similarly, Roman triumphal arches became symbols of the French reconquest of North Africa. His path everywhere was made to seem like a triumphal progress. The triumphal entry of the Austrian uhlans and artillery into Przemysl. With my husband's departure my triumphal course seemed to come to a close. They had a triumphal arch at Naas, with 'Welcome to Barrington' over it. This was repeated twice, when she arrived at a triumphal arch. I almost expected to see a triumphal arch as I stepped on to the platform. They probably once adorned the triumphal arch of Nero and after of Trajan. He had a paunch like a tun, triumphal, like an Abbate Asinico. Our journey up the Weser assumed the nature of a triumphal procession. The duke then made a triumphal progress through the villages of wirral. Pocahontas's stay in England became almost a triumphal march. This street ended in a gateway in the form of a triumphal arch. One engine only at full speed, drawing a triumphal carriage, had the right of traveling for those four days on the railroads of the United States. We four and the hundred loyal ones followed behind him, nor was a hand raised to stay us, though glowering eyes followed our triumphal march through the temple. They walked arm in arm, occupying the whole width of the street and taking in every Musketeer they met, so that in the end it became a triumphal march. At intervals the Duke passed under handsomely decorated triumphal arches. As devout Eckerman lifted the linen sheet from the naked corpse of Goethe, he was overwhelmed with the massive chest of the man, that seemed as a Roman triumphal arch. Visitors to Ephesus marvel at the triumphal arches the Romans built there. Find more words! 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What is the opposite of triumphal? Words that rhyme with triumphal What is the adverb for triumphal? What is the adjective for triumphal? What is the noun for triumphal? Use our Sentence Generator Nearby Words triumph triturators trituration triturating triturated triturate triumphalism triumphalist triumphally triumphant triumphantly triumphator 9-letter Words Starting With t tr tri triu trium triump triumph triumpha