Sentence examples for lovely outing from inspiring English sources

She's been at the hospital since late morning, but she walks in as if she's been on some lovely outing.

Veteran director Isao Takahata's farewell film a typically lovely outing from Ghibli, but it's far from typical in other senses: the whispery lyricism of its folkloric storytelling, as soft and spry as its pastel-sketch animation style, is miles removed from the dense felt-tip fantasy of Princess Mononoke or Spirited Away, though no less vivid.

The film's a little soft at the centre – and perhaps a shade too indebted to About Schmidt, in which Payne directed Jack Nicholson in a similar vein – but it makes for a lovely, languid outing all the same.

Despite his problems, his mother described him as an "incredibly happy and lovely boy" who enjoyed weekly outings to go swimming, bowling, to a disco or to McDonald's.

It's an evening of firsts and almost-firsts: 1999 track "Caramel" gets its live premiere, 1991 B-side "Mr Briggs" its first play since 1992, and a third outing for "Young & Lovely", written in 1993 but omitted from Modern Life Is Rubbish.

"This is lovely," muttered a veteran of unhappy outings.

Former US president George W Bush, who awarded Lee the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2007 in one of the most public outings of her later years, released a statement mourning the "legendary novelist and lovely lady".

Lovely, lovely, lovely Leitrim.