Sentence examples for splendid exception from inspiring English sources
But LA FORMENTERA: The Woodland Refuge of Juan Montoya (Monacelli, $65) proves the splendid exception to my rule.
A witty, sparkling memoir despite its principal matter: two decades of encounters with psychotherapists who were, with one splendid exception, remote, inappropriately involved or just peculiar.
The Somali shilling, now entering its second decade with no real government or monetary authority to speak of, is a splendid exception to this rule.Somalia's long civil war has ripped apart what institutions it once had.
With the splendid exception of Darlene Love, who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2011, most of the vocalists interviewed on screen are not well known, even though they can be heard on many of the most popular and durable recordings of the past half-century.
Without exception, even the most splendid of these getups is at best a disappointment.
The exception is "The Calling" from "Splendid Isolation II" (2006), which is set to the highly affecting medieval "O Maria, stella maris" (recorded by Trio Mediaeval).
With a few exceptions, 1998 has been a splendid year for the world's luxury-car makers.
With the single exception of "areas of outstanding natural beauty" (nature being splendid only in specific places), the word beauty does not appear in statute law.
There are exceptions, of course, and one of them is Steven Spielberg's splendid "Lincoln," which is, strictly speaking, about a president trying to scare up votes to get a bill passed in Congress.
As if following a deliberate, self-aggrandising policy of splendid isolation, Gaddafi managed to alienate nearly all his fellow African and Arab counterparts, with telling exceptions, such as Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe.
