Sentence examples for brilliant taking from inspiring English sources

Innovative tycoons -- whether of the Rockefeller, Hearst, Turner or Gates varieties -- tend to be as reckless as they are brilliant, taking huge gambles that are pursued with a zeal that borders on the insane.

Soap Opera Digest praised the move in an article naming Nader Performer of the Week, saying, "Nader has been surprisingly effective as a meanie, and nothing short of brilliant taking an already complex character and making him more compelling".

In another section, it examines the aforementioned iPad tax; a tax on the broadcast spectrum; a spectrum auction tax; a tax on ISPs and cell phones; and a tax on advertising (brilliant: taking a cut of the last support of news in America).

This adds a flavour of the morality tale to the horror story, but is never overplayed in what is essentially a clever, and at times brilliant, take on a familiar genre.

Occasionally, something brilliant takes place, and that holds our attention for another few years.

In "Wien," Mr. Rioult's brilliant take on "La Valse," there are no haunted ballrooms.

In a statement, Mr. Grey said: "The character, Dr. Brookner, is a brilliant, take-no-prisoners innovator.

Until I read his brilliant take on Darryl Strawberry's memoir, "Straw," I thought that cartoonists should stick to cartooning.

Phelim McDermott and Julian Crouch's brilliant take on "Satyagraha" seemed entirely natural on HD, though it drew only a dozen or so people to the 700-seat Murdock Theater in Wichita.

Orpheus, Sam Wanamaker Playhouse The candle-lit intimacy of this exquisitely reconstructed 17th-century theatre perfectly suited Keith Warner's brilliant take on Luigi Rossi's rarely performed tragicomedy.

Roy Scheider takes no prisoners in Bob Fosse's brilliant take on his own career (choreography), life (drugs and womanizing) and near-death (open-heart surgery).