Sentence examples for that is in a word from inspiring English sources

Grace provides a revelation that is, in a word, amazing.

I mind the appalling violence less than the gap between the imaginative conception of the film – its stunningly articulate visual poetry – and a willing surrender to narrative self-abasement that is, in a word, dumb.

It was cut and adapted in ways that stretch the conventions of opera seria: ensembles were added to Metastasio's aria-centered text, the plot was streamlined, and crucial numbers were interpolated, of a style and complexity that is, in a word, Mozartean.

The trial transcripts suggest a Wall Street subculture that is, in a word, rotten.

But that is, in a word, baloney.

That is, in a word, pathetic.

I was rewarded with a massage that was, in a word, superb.

This is handsome place, compact but not claustrophobic, with sand-colored brick walls, a cavalcade of candles and lighting fixtures that are, in a word, phallic (a Freud-in-Vienna reference, maybe?).

But this year, Maurer - who designs everything from table lights to subway stations, and who was recently awarded the prestigious Compasso d'Oro for career achievement - outdid himself with a design that was, in a word, enchanting.

I just worry that in the upper reaches of Swiss watchmaking the passion will drain away and we'll be left with me-too pieces that are, in a word, boring.

After that culinary bacchanalia that was, in a word, memorable, I was glad to spend the next day walking around Montréal's hills, listening to more jazz and experiencing the city's zeal for life.