3330 examples of spectacle in sentences

What stopped them short in their tracks was a spectaclethe spectacle of an elderly chin-whiskered man, very drunk and disorderly, riding in on a paint pony.

Finally, the spectacle of the chattering group on the back porch of the Blue Pigeon proved more than Racey could stand.

It was a rare spectacle to see a sovereign pontiff lay aside the insignia of his grandeur at the bidding of this monk of Cluny; it was grander to see this monk laying the foundation of an irresistible despotism, which was to last beyond the time of Luther.

She also gave him an entertainment of more than usual splendor at the Trianon, at which all the ladies present, and the invitations were very numerous, were required to be dressed in white, while all the walks and shrubberies of the garden were illuminated, so that the whole scene presented a spectacle which he described in one of his letters as "a complete fairy-land; a sight worthy of the Elysian Fields themselves."

It had been the scene of many a splendid spectacle in times past, but had never before witnessed so imposing or momentous a ceremony.

What is the secret of this astounding spectacle?

To see this great cause thus triumphing over distinctions and prejudices was a noble spectacle.

'Now, let us proceed on our walk; we mean the cascade:Here it is, opposite to you, a grand spectacle indeed!

And, in truth, we made a most ludicrous spectacle, especially the Don, whom hitherto we had seen only in the neatest and most noble of clothes,looking more like a couple of scarecrows than living men.

Our age is too diffused, too practical for us to hope to witness again so grand a spectacle.

The spectacle inclined one to laugh, almost making one forget for a moment that here in this spectacle one beheld the misery of war made concrete; that in the lorn state of these poor folks its effects were focused and made vivid; that, while in some way it touched every living creature on the globe, here it touched them directly.

The spectacle inclined one to laugh, almost making one forget for a moment that here in this spectacle one beheld the misery of war made concrete; that in the lorn state of these poor folks its effects were focused and made vivid; that, while in some way it touched every living creature on the globe, here it touched them directly.

It took a new kind of gun, or an automobile with a steel prow for charging through barbed-wire entanglements, or a group of bedraggled Belgian prisoners slouching by under convoy, to make us give the spectacle more than a passing glance.

Who would not have been affected with such a spectacle?

[Sidenote:9] At one spectacle men on horseback overcame bulls while riding along beside them, and the knights who served as Nero's personal guard brought down with their javelins four hundred bears and three hundred lions.

In the course of producing a spectacle at one of the theatres, he suddenly filled the place with sea-water so that the fishes and sea-monsters

This was done as a surprise at the observances held in the palace in honor of the heroes, at a time when the spectacle had ceased and dinner was about to be served.

Among the Gauls a new and alarming spectacle was seen, by reason of their coming (such is the custom of the nation) in arms to the assembly.

Johnson is described as "a man afflicted with an infirmity of the convulsive kind, that attacks him sometimes so as to make him a sad spectacle."

In the light of the autumn afternoon she paused a moment at the door of the Nouveau Luxe, and looked aimlessly forth at the brave spectacle in which she seemed no longer to have a stake.

It is not a pleasing spectacle to see the robbed applaud the robber.

The first of August, 1834, is universally regarded in Antigua, as having presented a most imposing and sublime moral spectacle.

Never was there a more beautiful and interesting spectacle exhibited, than on that occasion.

Our places were assigned at opposite sides of the table, between Col. B. and Mr. C. To an American eye, we presented a singular spectacle.

This spectacle gave him concern.

3330 examples of  spectacle  in sentences