Sentence examples for brilliant displays from inspiring English sources

But Dr. Postol found that brilliant displays of antimissile fire and thunder hid repeated failures of the interceptors to knock out speeding warheads.

But whereas before the 1996 European championships Gazza's off-field antics had been interspersed with brilliant displays on the pitch, in the run-up to this year's World Cup he has seemed slow and struggling.

Slapping their thighs, calves, feet and hands together as they flick their legs in front and behind their bodies, the men create complex counterpointed rhythms that are often as intricate and virtuosic as the brilliant displays in Indian kathak dance.

And this match is hardly unique – it stands on any list of England's finest all-time World Cup performances alongside the brilliant displays in defeat against both West Germany and Brazil in 1970, and more besides.

In particular, he imported the ruck — the characteristic New Zealand tactic of driving over a tackled player to win the ball with the feet rather than, as tended to happen in Europe, wrestling for possession with hands — and was rewarded by some brilliant displays against European opposition.

Save for the drought-resistant vegetation -- pinyon pines, prickly-pear cactuses and desert four-o'clock wildflowers with their brilliant displays of magenta blossoms -- the landscape around the Gran Quivira ruins has changed little since they were abandoned more than three centuries ago.

The sky was full of stars — a brilliant display.

It was a brilliant display from my boys".

This character trait was on brilliant display from Tuesday until this morning.

The event was a brilliant display of political stagecraft by Rumsfeld.

Bilston enamelware is often technically brilliant, displaying a great range of colours and ornament.