Sentence examples similar to splendid attempt from inspiring English sources

It is a splendid baroque attempt to understand the mind of God, glorious in its wrong-headed arrogance.

Sculpture Victorious Splendid Victoriana, or ugly attempts at sensuality?

Benoit Assou Ekotto's barnet is looking particularly splendid, despite the best attempts of the humidity to flatten it.

He notes that the splendid rooftops may be an attempt to compensate for the tiny size of the hotel's rooms.

The Italian fleet made no attempt to interfere, but Splendid detected a U-boat and gave chase.

A splendid up and down from his second attempt in the sand, rolling it into the centre of the cup.

And on the third attempt, the Silverton boules were truly splendid, big, professional looking, crusty and the most delicious breads I have ever made.

Their brilliant full-back, Billy Slater, fractured his collarbone in a courageous attempt to prevent the first of Ryan Hall's two splendid first‑half tries.

Now Neil Powell has attempted a different kind of "joint portrait", with a splendid photo on the jacket of the two novelists, taken over 20 years earlier.

His Still Life of Salmon (1877), one of seven known attempts by Takahashi at the subject, elevates this ordinary subject to a splendid study of form and colour.

Inevitably, recent attempts to break out of this – with some terrific concept cars and the splendid C6 – have still to take root.