Sentence examples for former elegance from inspiring English sources

Reminders of its former elegance are the 18th-century Maretimo and Frescati houses.

Inside, the intricate banisters and fragments of decorative tile flooring are the only remaining signs of the mansion's former elegance.

After repairing the half-dome roof in 2005, the Parks Department has gone no further to restore this once vital landmark to its former elegance.

Today rooms restored to their former elegance contain study carrels instead of clothing, and the display cases house the school's historical memorabilia.

Mr. Lopardo used to be a lighter brand of tenor, and for the first two acts he seems to have banished much of his former elegance in favor of sheer brute -- albeit classy -- power.

As we wandered downtown, Ms. Henzell pointed out the urban shadows of former elegance, including an empty lot by the water where the Myrtle Bank Hotel, once one of the Caribbean's most glamorous, had stood.

The old elegance is gone.

Each of its 31 rooms has been restored to its former Art Nouveau elegance: original hand-painted ceilings, friezes, murals and antique chandeliers.

Like many great former dancers, she has elegance and power that seem to have been distilled into her fantastically expressive hands.

Depending on which curriculum they chose, the student, now dressed as a woman, would take classes with the dean of high heels, a former ballerina who teaches elegance and feminine walking skills.

Lucian Sanmartean is a sumptuously gifted playmaker, one who recalls the football of a former age in his languid elegance, but he is 35 and playing in Saudi Arabia.