Sentence examples for string of stunning from inspiring English sources

Capping a recent string of stunning victories, Northern Alliance rebels opposed to the ruling Taliban reported that they had descended on the capital of Afghanistan without much resistance.

Charley makes his father promise: "No temples, no museums".This slim volume, about their adventures, is not the first to punctuate Mr Carey's string of stunning novels, and it is a pleasure to read.

In that time, Kerryson, as artistic director, has delivered a string of stunning musicals, including Gypsy, 42nd Street and Hello, Dolly!, as well as fine dramas, such as Buried Child.

Alabama, whose first attempt to remain in the eighteenth century took place between 1861 and 1865, has never shown signs of giving up the fight, even after being dealt a string of stunning defeats in the nineteen-fifties and nineteen-sixties.

Their closely fought victory at the Battle of Naseby (June 14 , 1645 proved the turning point in parliamentary fortunes and marked the beginning of a string of stunning successes Langport (July 10), Rowton Heath (September 24), and Annan Moor (October 21)—that eventually forced the king to surrender to the Scots at Newark on May 5, 1646.

Adrian Mutu's parried shot in the 89th minute was powered home by his team-mate Alberto Gilardino for the winner, but this win owed far more to the goalkeeper, Sébastien Frey, who made a string of stunning saves to keep his side in the game.

There were mistakes, but there were also a string of quite stunning shots.

Plenty of batting for them, then Australia's last ODI outings, in India, had James Faulkner scoring the fastest hundred by an Australian, and George Bailey producing a stunning string of scores between 80 and 150-odd.

July 6 2015 July 12 201515 For nearly three decades, the collaboration of the composer Danny Elfman, the master of the musical macabre, and the accomplished cinematic fantasist Tim Burton has spawned a stunning string of movies, beginning with "Pee-Wee's Big Adventure" and on through "Batman," "Edward Scissorhands," "Beetlejuice," "The Nightmare Before Christmas," and other films.

"In 2005, Genentech has delivered a stunning string of successful Phase III studies for Herceptin in adjuvant breast cancer and Avastin in metastatic NSCLC [non-small cell lung cancer] and metastatic breast cancer that establish these two agents as standards of care and the logical basis for comparison in clinical trials in these new settings," it said.

Alongside musical guests like A Tribe Called Red, Smalltown DJs, and Bordello, the festival also features art installations, performance art and a string of workshops set up around four stunning outdoor stages.