Explore Grandees through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Grandees meaning
plural of grandee
Using Grandees
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of grandee
- In the example corpus, grandees often appears in combinations such as: grandees for, party grandees, grandees such.
Context around Grandees
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 5 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Grandees
- In this selection, "grandees" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, party, democrat, government, despise, capable and administration stand out and add context to how "grandees" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include above democrat grandees despise donald and although whig grandees such as. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "grandees" sits close to words such as aat, abhorrence and abms, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with grandees
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Some party grandees are also on board. (7 words)
I was speaking of the billionaires and the government grandees. (10 words)
It goes without saying how much all the above Democrat grandees despise Donald Trump. (14 words)
Tory MPs, including rebel leader Dominic Grieve, a former attorney general, and grandees such as Sir Nicholas Soames, have already raised the prospect of a unity government to block a chaotic and potentially hugely damaging crash-out from the EU. (40 words)
The GOP’s grandees, capable of implementing their agenda in season and out, determined that when an interloper named Donald Trump captured the party’s nomination in 2016, they would know how to control him. (35 words)
The Prime Minister has nominated his brother Jo Johnson, his chief strategic adviser Sir Edward Lister and several Tory grandees for peerages, while a suite of Brexiteers are also set for the Lords. (33 words)
Example sentences (13)
It goes without saying how much all the above Democrat grandees despise Donald Trump.
I was speaking of the billionaires and the government grandees.
The GOP’s grandees, capable of implementing their agenda in season and out, determined that when an interloper named Donald Trump captured the party’s nomination in 2016, they would know how to control him.
Back then naval grandees, administration officials, and lawmakers discerned grave dangers gathering along the Western European and East Asian rimlands and resolved to rebuild American military might to manage them.
Republican grandees like George Bush and Mitt Romney, Democratic representatives, Governors of many states, countless grassroots organisations – all have come together in an attempt to change the political debate on race.
Some party grandees are also on board.
The Prime Minister has nominated his brother Jo Johnson, his chief strategic adviser Sir Edward Lister and several Tory grandees for peerages, while a suite of Brexiteers are also set for the Lords.
Tory MPs, including rebel leader Dominic Grieve, a former attorney general, and grandees such as Sir Nicholas Soames, have already raised the prospect of a unity government to block a chaotic and potentially hugely damaging crash-out from the EU.
Cromwell and the rest of the " Grandees " disagreed with these sentiments in that they gave too much freedom to the people; they believed that the vote should only extend to the landowners.
However, in 1882, the National Liberal Club was established under William Ewart Gladstone 's chairmanship, designed to be more "inclusive" towards Liberal grandees and activists throughout the UK.
Peel had so many party grandees to accommodate that there was never any question of finding room for Disraeli.
Though employed as clergy and entertainer to the Ottoman grandees, Evliya refused employment that would keep him from travelling.
Vol. II, p. 384. Although Whig grandees such as Portland and Fitzwilliam privately agreed with Burke's Appeal, they wished he had used more moderate language.
Common combinations with grandees
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: