Sentence examples for material triumph from inspiring English sources

Próspero, the venerable teacher in Ariel, cautions his young listeners not to be impressed by material triumph but to use their own spiritual, moral, and intellectual resources to strive for a well-rounded life.

But the material triumphs over these flaws of style.

We are celebrated for material triumphs, for thinness, for beauty and youth; we're all about the form.

Nearly everything on view is a kind of marvel, usually one that combines an exotic and beautiful natural material with a triumph of human skill.

There was, in reality, very little to be found at the Pole by way of triumph or material gain.

Even Enzo Ferrari, the onetime boss of the Italian sports and racing car company now owned by Fiat, had a soft spot for this particular GTO, according to the auctioneers' publicity material, because of its triumph at Le Mans.

The big recipe in the play is not for pilchard curry, it is for the triumph of material aspiration and lack of any identity for people outside the realisation of their own desires.

Despite rationing, both of fabrics and building materials, it continued to triumph during and after the second world war.

Ms. Miller's canny accomplishment is a triumph, giving the material weight and heart.

In dramatic roles, the women stars of the thirties and forties could sometimes triumph over mediocre material.

Friedkin's autobiography represents a triumph of irresistible material over slightly pedestrian style, but most of his movies work the opposite way.