brilliant
Example Sentences
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“Michael was a genius. He could be mesmerizing and always, always, always brilliant,” said Alan Howard, who edited “Bookworm” for 31 years.
From Los Angeles Times
"There was slight nervousness. But I focused on one ball at a time. The way Ishan batted was brilliant. I told him: 'just keep playing the way you are'."
From Barron's
Long condemned as a traitor, Malinche is being reimagined as a brilliant Indigenous survivor whose intelligence and resilience helped shape Mexico, amid a feminist and cultural reckoning that is rewriting her place in history.
From Los Angeles Times
He learned through writing the book that his mother hailed from a “family of brilliant and daring misfits who had carved new paths in botany and medicine and left-wing politics,” he writes.
From Los Angeles Times
"It's brilliant to share that interest with my daughter, it ignites more in me and I want to pass on my knowledge."
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.