Sentence examples for brilliant turn from inspiring English sources

With his stunningly acute observational eye, brilliant turn of phrase and mordant wit, he sounds like Alex Turner's granddad.

He shows that affection, observation and a brilliant turn of phrase are comedy tools as effective as the bludgeoning putdown.

This actor can play devious, as his brilliant turn in "The Color of Money" showed early in his career.

He returned to his English roots in the TV miniseries Wolf Hall (2015) with a brilliant turn as King Henry VIII.

Steve Bell also did a brilliant turn, running through the past 30 years of British history as seen through his cartoons.

But Ms. Bernhard, who is 45, now finds herself in a strange place, in part because of her brilliant turn at the fashion awards show.

Ms. Whelan enters as a technical wonder (brilliant turns and strong attack) with a spiritual side.

His brilliant turns as a guest on programs like "The Steve Allen Show" and "The Tonight Show" — in both the Jack Paar and Johnny Carson eras — kept him in constant demand.

Brilliant turns by Rüdiger Vogler (playing himself) and Bernhard Minetti, as Marianne's father — a writer who delivers tough advice — round out the bracing, poetic blend of experience and imagination.

The deep moods are balanced by vivid and witty side business: Marianne's young son's games and provocations are both whimsical and agonizing, and brilliant turns by the actor Rüdiger Vogler (playing himself) and by Bernhard Minetti as Marianne's father, a writer who delivers wise yet tough advice, round out a bracing, poetic blend of experience and imagination.

He believed that the episode "pulled off some rather brilliant turns" with the storylines concerning Jan and Jim, Karen, and Pam.