Sentence examples for exceptional greatness from inspiring English sources

The European Commission president, José Manuel Barroso, had no difficulty in acclaiming him as a European of "exceptional greatness".

Powell admits he once had a tendency to idolize Britten as "one of the few exceptional creative artists whose greatness I thought I could take on trust".

Greatness attracts greatness.

We wouldn't - couldn't - care to "make America great again" because greatness for the sake of being exceptional wouldn't matter.

Great rivalries beget greatness.

To Mussina and other Yankees, it was evidence of exceptional eye-hand coordination, an instant of uncommon greatness.

Over the years, Max Mirnyi, Mario Ancic, Tomas Berdych and Ivan Ljubicic have formed a 6-foot-4-and-over league of players who have, on exceptional occasion, stolen a match from beneath Federer's greatness.

But though lovely, The Avalanche is yesterday's news and ultimately stands at a crossroads: gazing back at the greatness of Illinoise, while simultaneously whetting the appetite for whatever the exceptional Stevens dreams up next.

Besides the suspect notion that there was once some exceptional time in America's history when the country was "great," the problem with making America great - whether by returning to some magical nostalgic roots when greatness prevailed or looking toward a future when America will become great - is that greatness is a phantom.

An exceptional Florestan – arguably the finest since Jon Vickers's (see below) – from Jonas Kaufmann wonderfully conveys his moral greatness as well as the extremity of his suffering.

The citation stated: "There can be no doubt as to the greatness of his achievements last summer ... His qualities as a slow bowler struck everyone as being exceptional"; however, it was noted that bad weather in first part of the summer created some difficult pitches for batting.