Sentence examples for guarded splendor from inspiring English sources
The vaulting arrogance of the Woolworth Building, the sleek opulence of the Flatiron Building, the guarded splendor of the Chrysler, the garish plenitude of the Ansonia.
I yearned to feast in splendor at the Kona Kai, which looked like a huge, dark stockade, studded with blazing torches and guarded by giant tiki statues that seemed to demand adornment with the skulls of conquered enemies; inside were said to be waterfalls, orchids, fiery drinks, and barbaric skewers of meat.
Reyes Villa lived in conspicuous splendor, and when I visited, soldiers were guarding his estate.
What had once been an ooh-and-aah celebration of Gotham in its glory has now become a somber glide past a communal burial ground, as well as a dramatic reminder that for all its skyscraping splendor, New York City is so naked and vulnerable that it needs soldiers and gun turrets to guard its shores.
But who guards those guards?
CLYDE FRAZIER'S WINE AND DINE This vast restaurant, bar and lounge pays homage to the former New York Knicks guard-turned-sportscaster. It highlights his sartorial splendor with ceiling panels representing some of his 125 or so brightly patterned suits, and his career, with a wood-paneled room equipped with a hoop and regulation foul line that diners will be able to use.
Present is the memory of Hughes too in the new-design neck guards that attach to the back of players' helmets, a reminder that for all its splendor, cricket is by nature a dangerous game whose practitioners are brave and take risks every time they step onto a field and entertain us.
"There's no master here". Beyond the rusty cans and garbage flung by Russian border guards across the cape on Shikotan known as Krai Sveta lies a view of breathtaking splendor.
