grand style

collocation in English

meaningsofgrandandstyle

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grand
adjective
uk
/ɡrænd/us
/ɡrænd/
important and large ...
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style
noun
uk
/staɪl/us
/staɪl/
a way of doing something, especially one that is typical of a person, group of people, place, ...
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(Definition ofgrandandstylefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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They can take local people's money ingrandstyle.
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He argued that there were only two forms of verse capable of achieving thegrandstyle.
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When the party returned to the village, the whole tribe celebrated in its mostgrandstyle.
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Obviously artificial, it is used mostly in what in oratory is called thegrandstyle.
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Even in his earliest music, however, he had a liking for homophonic textures at climaxes, foreshadowing thegrandstyleof his later years.
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The audio launch was held ingrandstylewith several skits been performed on stage.
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By the 1860s, taste for thegrandstylewas returning.
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Vijayadasami festival celebrated ingrandstyle, celebrations happened for 9 days long.
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Its amenities included oversized rooms, luxurious decor, and sumptuous meals served ingrandstyle.
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To realize thegrandstyleof this 5th century basilica, one needs only to observe the dimension of this open courtyard (no roof).
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He was reputed for hisgrandstyleinherited from the post-romantic tradition.
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Some who traveled ingrandstylewith several wagons and servants could spend much more.
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He departed this life as he had lived, ingrandstyle.
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This substantial revenue made it possible for her to live ingrandstyle.
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Although magnificence and the sublime both belong to thegrandstyle, there are significant differences between them.
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The three bedrooms are decorated ingrandstyle, though, with handmade lace, embroidered sheets, and hand-painted glass.
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In the 1860s he rebuilt the old house in its presentgrandstyle.
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The former is used for songs in the ordinary key of the diatonic major scale, while the latter is used forgrandstylesongs in the subdominant mode.
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He spoke the same language with the great dramatists, it is true, but thisgrandstyleis sometimes employed for the artificial elevation of commonplace thought.
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