Sentence examples for was as magnificent as from inspiring English sources

It truly was as magnificent as the snorkeller had announced.

But nothing was as magnificent as when the performers gracefully wove pieces of fabric around a maypole and then unraveled them.

After "Angels in America," which was as magnificent as the plague was disastrous, the story has nowhere to go; even Michael Cunningham's Pulitzer Prize for "The Hours" doesn't strike a blow for freedom because there's no one to strike it against.

The dancers are as magnificent as ever.

Appearing in fragments, he's as magnificent as shards of Greek statuary, and all the more heroic for his vulnerability.

The engine is as magnificent as ever, the gearbox shifts quickly, positively and smoothly, and the DB9's style still seems ageless.

If an amateur can be beamed to the top of Mount Everest, will the view be as magnificent as for someone who has accomplished the climb?

Measuring more than 16 by 24 feet and weighing about 300 pounds, the tapestry is as magnificent as any Baroque work of art.

The opening shots, as the camera pans over a 700-storey skyscraper and the sky glows with industrial smoke, fire and acid rain, is as magnificent as it is disturbing.

Curtis Sittenfeld on Jennifer Egan offers less by way of explanation of the writer's impact, but is still informative: I've had the pleasure of crossing paths with Egan, 48, over the years (yes, her cheekbones really are as magnificent as they look in the picture).

It may even be as magnificent as all the other magnificent albums Womack has released: his peerless soundtrack to Across 110th Street; 1968's Fly Me To The Moon and 1972's Understanding; The Poet and The Poet 2, where his voice chafed beautifully against the slick 80s production.