Sentence examples for a pretty spectacle from inspiring English sources

It's not a pretty spectacle.

We are witnessing a war of attrition, and it is not a pretty spectacle.

It is never a pretty spectacle when someone wails, "What about me?," though we've all done it.

So Obama aides began anonymously trashing the vice president, not a pretty spectacle given how loyal Biden is to the president.

The book is a must for anyone claiming a love of ballet, but it is also the perfect antidote for anyone — I know you're out there — who still thinks ballet is merely a pretty spectacle with pretty girls (not that it also isn't).

To mainstream consumer culture, female sex is supposed to be a pretty spectacle situated comfortably within the male gaze, a la Katy Perry.

The whole of tennis was watching the best player in the world lose the plot, the match and – however briefly – his aura on No1 Court here on Saturday, and it was not an altogether pretty spectacle.

It is, he has decided, a pretty disgusting spectacle.

Left to fend for themselves, the others try to follow his injunction to keep their spirits up, a pretty pathetic spectacle.

All and all, a pretty sorry spectacle, and the way they treated folks who'd served them loyally over the years was pretty shabby, which I suppose is to be expected from any corporate entity, but nonetheless lame.

It helps that the anxious calls of "lie down!" and "away!" are accompanied by the comforting tones of Jim Rosenthal, bringing his commentating A-game to what is really a pretty self-explanatory spectacle.