Sentence examples for give lustre from inspiring English sources
His other titles were more minor.The Nazis sought his help, hoping for some stardust from a real ex-empire to give lustre to their gimcrack one.
For the pilasters of Catherine's palace, de l'Orme chose the Ionic order, which he considered a feminine form: I will not go on to other matters without pointing out to you that I chose the present Ionic order, from amongst all others, in order to ornament and to give lustre to the palace, which Her Majesty the Queen, mother of the most Christian King Charles IX, today is having built at Paris.
Julia Faulkner gave lustre to the offstage role of the Falcon.
Meanwhile he gives lustre to the title role in The Master Builder.
In a statement confirming Zola and his backroom staff's departure, Cagliari said: "The decision was made reluctantly against a great man who wrote unforgettable pages in the history of Cagliari, giving lustre and international prestige to the land of Sardinia.
After the depredations of its oarsmen, the host nation had hoped to give new lustre to its maritime heritage by taking both the first gold medals at the regatta in Weymouth yesterday.
The moon gave the lustre of mid-day to objects in the snow.
It is on the face of it a fairly minor sub-plot, albeit one given some lustre by Cole's status as one of England's celebrified 100-cap greats of the largely disappointing decade just past.
The selection ranges from the 16th to the 19th century, many of the volumes given added lustre by their connection to an institution founded in 1799 for "diffusing the knowledge" of science and technology.
For Max Hastings, as for Gove, the looming threat of a German Europe justified Britain's cause in the first world war and gives undying lustre to our boys' sacrifice in the trenches.
Enjoyed at many different levels, the Fables continue to form part of the culture of every Frenchman, from schoolchildren to such men of letters as André Gide, Paul Valéry, and Jean Giraudoux, who have given fresh lustre to La Fontaine's reputation in the 20th century.
