grand tour
noun
1
: an extended tour of the Continent that was formerly a usual part of the education of young British gentlemen
2
: an extensive and usually educational tour
Examples of grand tour in a Sentence
They offered to give us a grand tour of their new house.
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Gomes and his crew began shooting it in early 2020, gathering footage across Asia on a grand tour of their own; COVID cut things short, and production resumed in 2022.
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2025
The ball took a grand tour of the historic Greenwood District and landed on Elgin Avenue behind the stadium.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 6 Apr. 2025
Wes Anderson's trademark meticulous production design is well-suited to the palatial hotel and its gorgeous alpine locale, and the film gives us a grand tour of the fictional European country.
—Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 20 Mar. 2025
The book’s captions balance information and humor, as do mini-essays in which Emery and Lei reflect upon various stops on Flaco’s grand tour.
—Elisabeth Egan, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2025
The ball took a grand tour of the historic Greenwood District and landed on Elgin Avenue behind the stadium.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 6 Apr. 2025
Wes Anderson's trademark meticulous production design is well-suited to the palatial hotel and its gorgeous alpine locale, and the film gives us a grand tour of the fictional European country.
—Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 20 Mar. 2025
The book’s captions balance information and humor, as do mini-essays in which Emery and Lei reflect upon various stops on Flaco’s grand tour.
—Elisabeth Egan, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for grand tour
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“Grand tour.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grand%20tour. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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