Sentence examples for splendid by from inspiring English sources

The follow-up, opening on Sept. 13 in New York, has been called "visually splendid" by Manohla Dargis in The New York Times.

Remarkably tender lamb arrived in three small collops, the dish made more splendid by a bolstering of luscious mushroom mousse and Calvados-laced sauce.

Lately the weather has been splendid, by my lights -- the skies deep blue, with limpid sunshine, and the air cool, fragrant and deliciously dry.

John Dexter's inspired 1981 production of "Parade," a triple bill of 20th-century French works, with enchanting costumes and sets (freshly repainted and looking splendid) by David Hockney, has returned to the Metropolitan Opera.

If Gass the philosopher can dismiss the "balderdashy" metaphysics of the Elegies, Gass the writer knows that such balderdash is made "splendid" by the power of poetry, which begins, after all, where science leaves off, and captures the paradoxes and complexity of human experience because it is itself a paradox.

The musical (with splendid lyrics by Arnold Weinstein, and music by Hankus Netsky) is a wacky, inspired recounting of his hapless missionary journey.

With a splendid score by Aaron Copland, majestic costumes by Edith Head, and Wyler's mastery of psychological tension, The Heiress endures as a Hollywood treasure.

When Morgan was removed for three by Rankin via a splendid catch by wicketkeeper Shahzad, England looked vulnerable at 187-5, still 74 runs short of victory.

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Empress of the Splendid Season By Oscar Hijuelos.

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