Sentence examples for a splendor from inspiring English sources

But there's no gainsaying a splendor as berserk as that of a Hieronymus Bosch painting.

The admirable Kirov Orchestra boomed and shrieked in a splendor of resonance and high energy.

You can feel this in the Capitol's decorative spaces: a splendor that is aristocratic in temper, democratic in intention.

Plus: A redesigned and refined Sophisticated Traveler magazine celebrates a splendor of tulips in the Netherlands and visits with a particularly winsome small creature in Madagascar.

But in Budapest, from beneath the grime that covered the turn-of-the-century palaces and houses, a splendor managed to seep through.

1 48 p.m. Lunch at Last The inaugural luncheon was a splendor of orange (the centerpieces, not the complexions) and odd pairings (not the New England lobster and South Dakota bison, but the seating arrangement).

Janet Maslin from The New York Times called the film "a visual splendor, a heroic adventurousness and an immense scope that make it unforgettable".

(A recounting of the match forms the core of a recent book, "A Terrible Splendor," by Marshall Jon Fisher).

Dexter's season-long battles with rival serial killers played by charismatic actors like John Lithgow and Jimmy Smits had a Gothic splendor along with a single-minded, pulpy energy.

A. As some Italian and many Chinese restaurateurs know, adding "garden" to the name of a public accommodation lends a certain splendor, with or without actual living plants.

A Terrible Splendor: Three Extraordinary Men, a World Poised for War, and the Greatest Tennis Match Ever Played by Marshall Jon Fisher Three Rivers, 321 pp., $15.00 (paper).