Sentence examples for display of extraordinary from inspiring English sources
PARIS — "The only way of doing something new is not to set out to design clothes," said Rei Kawakubo backstage after the designer received a 10-minute ovation for her display of extraordinary curvilinear creations, black baubles with circular cutouts, splashes of pink hose, weirdly carved shoes and "outfits" that were more like perambulating sculptures made from indefinable materials.
At the end of a 266 kilometre race which featured a display of extraordinary power, persistence and selflessness from his seven team‑mates, Mark Cavendish emerged from the swirling, straining throng of the world's best riders to claim a prize he has wanted since childhood: the champion's rainbow jersey.
The opposition seemed to have everything going in its favour: a string of sex scandals involving Mr Berlusconi last year; a display of extraordinary ineptitude by the PdL in late February when it failed to present its list of candidates on time in Lazio, the region that includes Rome; and an economic crisis that has seen GDP fall by 5.1% and destroyed more than 400,000 jobs.
David Cameron accused Ed Miliband of "another display of extraordinary weakness" and claimed that it was "this government clearing up the mess".
"I've seen a nasty and primal side of mankind," he said, "but it's been balanced by enough displays of extraordinary humanity to give me hope".
Worries about a downturn coincided with Dubai's annual property fair, Cityscape, which filled the cavernous World Trade Centre with eager salesmen, glittering displays of extraordinary buildings and promises of secure investments.
It also serves as a vivid introduction to the sheer weirdness and daring of this museum created by the Answers in Genesis ministry that combines displays of extraordinary nautilus shell fossils and biblical tableaus, celebrations of natural wonders and allusions to human sin.
Another inspiration for her image: Wunderkammern, the cabinets of curiosities created in the Renaissance to display collections of extraordinary objects.
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The band's 13th studio album, Do Not Disturb, released in September, is a fervently experimental affair, full of jaw-dropping moments of angular fury and exquisite quiet, not to mention another typically startling display of Hammill's extraordinary multi-octave range.
The Guardian's Christopher Tayler called the book "a display of Mantel's extraordinary talent", adding: "Lyrically yet cleanly and tightly written, solidly imagined yet filled with spooky resonances, and very funny at times, it's not like much else in contemporary British fiction".
