Sentence examples for lent great from inspiring English sources

This lent great complexity to the finished dish.

The existence of such purported scriptures lent great impetus to the process of canonization in the young and orthodox Christian Church.

The unparalleled numerical accuracy achieved by the theory of epicyclic motions for planetary motions lent great empirical validity to the Ptolemaic system.

That was the most frightening time of my life, and quite the most dishonest, and the resulting hysteria lent great passion to my sermons — for a while.

Interestingly, these sometimes quite broad deflations of ancient icons of heroism are lent great authority by the novel's more profound characterizations.

The simplicity of the Indian stage, a platform erected for the occasion in a palace or a courtyard, like the simplicity of the Elizabethan stage, lent great freedom to the imagination of the playwright.

As a civil-rights-minded nation lent greater support to black urban music, Franklin was crowned the "Queen of Soul".

Last year's announcement that the Vietnamese Javan rhino had gone extinct has lent greater urgency to their efforts.

But in retrospect the seismic shocks of 2016, both political and environmental, lent greater urgency to her nightmare vision.

In most of those contretemps, López was forced to give in, and the consequent humiliation lent greater urgency to his desire to strengthen Paraguay's defenses.

The bomb was unstable in flight but sufficiently accurate for its purpose, and it was soon replaced by a teardrop-shaped bomb with fins at the rear, which lent greater stability and accuracy.