Sentence examples for splendid good from inspiring English sources
In The New York Times Book Review, Justin Cronin said the book "plays out in splendid good fun, bouncing from one James Bondian locale to another, bon mot to bon mot, the text saturated with literary and cultural references".
We also make the acquaintance of Hannah, a recent law school graduate with the bad luck to have a useless boyfriend (Josh Groban) and the splendid good fortune of being played by Emma Stone.
If it's nuance you're after, depth of character, or meticulous authenticity, then you may be in the wrong place (though it does look splendid – good work director of photography Pierre-Yves Bastard).
It all plays out in splendid good fun, bouncing from one James Bondian locale to another, bon mot to bon mot, the text saturated with literary and cultural references from Joseph Conrad to Susan Sontag, often more than one per page.
Seidel's satanic refinement is expressed in poems at once suave and vengeful, their garish pleasures linked to the many splendid goods — Ducati motorcycles, bespoke suits, Italian shoes — that they describe.
At one end is a U-shaped bar with its own snacks, splendid service, good drinks and, if you like, the full restaurant menu.
In theory, this should be a splendid addition, good for body and soul.
Julia Preston (NYT) AFRICA UGANDA: EARLY VIEW OF AMIN Idi Amin, whose dictatorial rule from 1971 to 1979 left 500,000 dead, was a "splendid type," good at rugby but "not very bright," according to 1964 British records released by the Public Records Office in London.
A similar statement was made by Euan Ferguson of The Observer, who also wrote that the episode was "splendid" with good villains, though he felt that the plot was "insanely complicated" and hard to understand.
It was a splendid affair full of love of good food and laughter.
Charles Isherwoodd called "Murder for Two," starring Jeff Blumenkrantz, above, far left, with Brett Ryback, a "nifty mystery musical comedy," and recommended "the utterly splendid production" of "Good Person of Szechwan," Brecht's serio-comic fable about the difficulty of doing good in a corrupt world, with the "magnetic" Taylor Mac, top right.
