AUGUST in a Sentence

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27 example sentences for AUGUST, such as:

1. Those august hands no longer moved.
2. They were worthy, but they were not august.
3. That which had been merely illustrious, had become august.
4. Nothing is so delightful and so august as all these fresh, expanding young souls.
5. This was a touching and august instant, all heads uncovered, all hearts beat high.

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 Meanings and Examples of AUGUST
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august
 a.  impressive; majestic; inspiring awe or admiration
Classic Sentence: (26 in 2 pages)
1  When the Bishop raised his head again, the face of the conventionary had become august.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER X—THE BISHOP IN THE PRESENCE OF AN UNKNOWN LIGHT
2  There was something almost divine in this man, who was thus august, without being himself aware of it.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XI—WHAT HE DOES
3  All the most august, the most sublime, the most charming of humanity, and perhaps outside of humanity, have made puns.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VII—THE WISDOM OF THOLOMYES
4  , the grand age; a theatre, the temple of Melpomene; the reigning family, the august blood of our kings; a concert, a musical solemnity; the General Commandant of the province, the illustrious warrior, who, etc.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER IX—A PLACE WHERE CONVICTIONS ARE IN PROCESS OF FO...
5  Neither that illustrious England nor that august Germany enter into the problem of Waterloo.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XVI—QUOT LIBRAS IN DUCE?
6  Nothing is so delightful and so august as all these fresh, expanding young souls.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER IV—GAYETIES
7  At the beginning of this century Ecouen was one of those strict and graceful places where young girls pass their childhood in a shadow that is almost august.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER IV—GAYETIES
8  They were worthy, but they were not august.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER I—WELL CUT
9  That which had been merely illustrious, had become august.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER II—IN WHICH LITTLE GAVROCHE EXTRACTS PROFIT FROM ...
10  This was a touching and august instant, all heads uncovered, all hearts beat high.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER III—A BURIAL; AN OCCASION TO BE BORN AGAIN
11  The dawning day gilded this happy thing, the great law, "Multiply," lay there smiling and august, and that sweet mystery unfolded in the glory of the morning.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER X—DAWN
12  The flower-beds accepted the legitimate royalty of the lilies; the most august of perfumes is that which emanates from whiteness.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XVI—HOW FROM A BROTHER ONE BECOMES A FATHER
13  It is through science that it will realize that august vision of the poets, the socially beautiful.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XX—THE DEAD ARE IN THE RIGHT AND THE LIVING ARE N...
14  Those august hands no longer moved.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 9: CHAPTER V—A NIGHT BEHIND WHICH THERE IS DAY
15  In magnificent solitude he marched toward the house, while Hugh bewailed his sin and the overclouding of august favor.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
Example Sentence:
1  Visiting the palace at Versailles, she was impressed by the august surroundings in which she found herself.