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Definition of "grandeurs" [grandeurs]

  • Plural form of grandeur. (noun)

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Use "grandeurs" in a sentence
  • "Yet to this same Hendrik Andersen, James offers over and over withering criticisms of his gigantic sculptures and goes so far as to accuse him, in his artistic enterprise, of la folie des grandeurs , or megalomania."
  • "I enjoin her above all to make them good Christians and honest individuals; to make them view the grandeurs of this world if they are condemned to experience them as very dangerous and transient goods, and turn their attention towards the one solid and enduring glory, eternity."
  • "I think Mr Robinson rather underestimates the incapacity of this Cabinet, and their potential for conjuring future folie des grandeurs."