Sentence examples for marvellously controlled from inspiring English sources

Colm Tóibín's Nora Webster (Viking) is a marvellously controlled work.

Her transformation from "a rejected slut cowering at her lover's feet into a redemption of regal poise" ensured a transfer to London, where Kenneth Tynan wrote of her technique: "It is grandiose, heartfelt, marvellously controlled, clear as crystal and totally unmoving".

Look at the marvellous – and marvellously bizarre – early photography of nudes by Madame Yevonde, for example.

Marvellously daft.

It was marvellously specific.

But it works marvellously.

Wren was marvellously equable.

It is marvellously peaceful.

It worked marvellously.

His promises are marvellously woolly.

"You're doing marvellously," I said.