Which is no bad thing although it leaves them a little short of the pomp and authority of the biggest and brashest passport stamps ( africa is an excellent source of these ) .
This sort of pomp and circumstance is thrilling as a child and a bit embarrassing as an adult , but maybe we never quite shake our earlier , atavistic awe , and our later sense of sophisticated , ironic detachment is built on unstable foundations .
As an amateur margaret mead , it 's the point at which guests give themselves over to the esprit de wedding that 's much more compelling than the whole with-this-ring pomp and circumstance to me .
I 'm only slightly ashamed to admit that I found myself hoping that the strike would shut the academy awards down ; that for once , in a year of such cinematic bounty and variety , appreciation for the best movies could be liberated from the pomp and tedium of hollywood spectacle .
Five brothers commandeered the grounds of a high school to bid their mother goodbye with pomp befitting a state funeral .
五个兄弟租用了当地一所中学的操场,以堪比国葬的隆重仪式为他们的母亲送葬。
In this climate , buckingham palace has been mindful of the need to not appear too extravagant , while maintaining the pageantry and pomp that is always demanded of them .
在这样的氛围里,白金汉宫尽量注意不显得过于奢华,但仍旧保持了一贯的隆重和华丽。
Patriotic bunting as a frigid display of archaic pomp ?