Sentence examples for describe extraordinary from inspiring English sources

He was often described as Long Island's favorite storyteller for his compelling ability to divine and describe extraordinary tales of ordinary life.

They convey the shock and terror on the American side, and the sense of duty and exhilaration on the part of the Japanese, and the amazing eloquence mustered by ordinary people to describe extraordinary events.

Hannah's stories often describe extraordinary events: a decades-long missile war between America and the Middle East; an encounter between William Burroughs and a werewolf; two fighter pilots searching for perfect last words as their jet crashes.

One night in March, Dr. Vaughn T. Johnson, a Xango distributor, delivered part pep talk, part medical seminar, in describing extraordinary powers attributed to mangosteen.

Describing "extraordinary differences in outcomes and categorization practices," the researchers raise the possibility that "where a person makes a claim is more important than the merits of the claim or any other factor".

Also up for the biography award is the Guardian's dance critic Judith Mackrell for her biography of Russian dancer Lydia Lopokova, which judges said was a "vividly described, extraordinary life of the lively and eccentric ballerina", and Jackie Wullschlager's Chagall biography.

Col. Ranat Yunisov, the commander of Fire & Rescue Unit No. 55, which fought the clinic fire, described extraordinary difficulties the firefighters faced, in part because of the incompetence of the clinic's staff.

Commander Durham described extraordinary devastation, with collapsed buildings reaching from the port into the hills above, and said that Haitian officials had told her that half of the 80 Haitian coast guard staff members stationed at the port were killed in the earthquake.

Studies by Professor Steffen Gay of Zurich and Professor Gary Firestein of San Diego described extraordinary progress in unraveling epigenetic changes in fibroblasts that may endow these cells with an invasive phenotype.

Extraordinary language from MPs struggling to describe an extraordinary situation.

The woman went on to describe the extraordinary profusion of flowers in Hiroshima in the weeks following the bomb, as the men wandered the stage.