Sentence examples for splendid shape from inspiring English sources
The performance advertised the fact that Barenboim has left the Chicago Symphony in splendid shape.
As we leave the studios, we catch sight of him for the first time, a leviathan of a man, 6'3" and in splendid shape.
The Berlin Philharmonic sounded in splendid shape at Carnegie in February, and this season, just weeks after that Salzburg appearance, it is the Staatskapelle's turn in programs of Brahms ("Academic Festival Overture"; Violin Concerto, with Lisa Batiashvili as soloist; Symphony No. 4) and Bruckner (Symphony No. 8).
Especially striking is the circular entrance hall, where the marvellous marquetry panelled wall, depicting views of Italy and Sweden, is in splendid shape, and there is a fine replica of the original rug by Marian Dorn.Other rooms suffer noticeably from a dearth of the antique bric-à-brac that characterises the habitats of the extremely rich.
In fact, Gucci has weathered the Asian storm in splendid shape.
The weight loss balloon has exploded into a splendid rabbit shape!
He was subtly tanned and in admirable physical shape, with splendid posture and thick, peppered gray hair carefully barbered.
Atlantic Books; £12.99A short, simple book arguing that we are now back in a world of clashing national ambitions and interests; not so different from the 19th century.A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World.By William J. Bernstein.Atlantic Monthly Press; 467 pages; $30.
As the economic historian (and free trader) William Bernstein puts it in his book A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World, Between 1929 and 1932, real GDP fell 17percentt worldwide, and by 26percentt in the United States, but most economic historians now believe that only a miniscule part of that huge loss of both world GDP and the United States' GDP can be ascribed to the tariff wars..
And several of the most striking objects from that show, including a splendid silver ewer -- Sasanian in shape, Greco-Roman in decoration, found in China -- are in this one, too.
The opening "Crucible" (1985) was splendid: 10 students from Muhlenberg College created shapes behind low mirror panels.
