Sentence examples for splendid three from inspiring English sources

Sebastian Faulks's "novel in five parts" isn't really a novel — any more than Gertrude Stein's "Three Lives" is a novel or, indeed, the book that inspired Stein's, Flaubert's splendid "Three Tales".

… LET'S GO METS! — the evening zipping along until, after five splendid innings (seventy-seven pitches, one hit, one walk, seven strike-outs), Harvey gets benched by a committee of investment advisers.

Mr. Epstein's instinct was a splendid one.

The greatest dictionary since sliced OED this may not be; a splendid one it is.

There's a splendid one in Cheltenham, that's got some very special, very big rooms with grand baths.

Me! I'd love to be a politician myself, you know, and would make a splendid one if it weren't for all the skeletons in my closet".

A splendid one was built at Marāgheh (now in Iran) about 1260 ce, and substantial modifications in Ptolemaic astronomy were introduced there.

By the time it was over, Mike Hampton and Bobby Jones had been rendered mere footnotes, even though both pitched a splendid eight innings each.

Trains splendid: two or three an hour to London (30 mins), half-hourly to Stevenage (11 mins), just over an hour to Peterborough (hourly).

Jered Weaver followed John Lackey's Game 1 shutout with a splendid seven and a third innings in a 4-1 victory Friday night.

157th over: England 539-7 (Prior 85, Bresnan 18) Emboldened by that run off Beer, Bresnan smacks Siddle for a splendid four through point.