grand - use in sentences

Preposition: of

  • scale: While fighting the dinosaur, Indigo's base becomes mobile on the grandest of scales and heads for the safety of the Ocean floor.

Modifying Another Word

  • far: This being the Special Edition release, the scenes of cloud city Bespin include newer graphics with a far grander perspective.
  • much: No high profile hijacks for this lot, they operate on a much grander scale.

Modifies a noun

  • piano: There was also a grand piano on the floor in front of the stage, which someone was playing.
  • slam: We need the grand slam of 25 yes votes from 25 countries.
  • jury: Last week, he was indicted by a grand jury.
  • scale: DG: I like the grand scale of Pink Floyd.

Modifying Another Word

  • rather: The wives, too, were rather grand, wearing what seemed to be Paris fashions.
  • truly: For rock events on a truly grand scale, few venues can match Slane Castle for the drama of this one summer night.
  • too: A rather scruffy looking Wesley Kerr then sniffed his was a location " far too grand to be on any Monopoly board.
  • once: Many of the once grand homes are now run down flats, houses of multiple occupation and DSS hostels.

Used with adjective complement

  • seem: During his long trial in London, to me it seems grand.
  • sound: Speech came across natural and distinct; music score sounded grand, which fit the films overall presentation.
  • look: It is gilded in gold and looks very grand for this part of the world.
  • become: We had suddenly become grand in Caroline House and, at the same time, we had to deal with competition.
  • dodge: And dodge grand him that while an effect since.
  • have: By the 14th century a number of bishops had grand London houses, known as inns.

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