brilliant
Example Sentences
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O'Hara's character Moira was a particular delight, with her wildly fluctuating accent, outlandish fashion sense, and brilliant one-liners.
From BBC
“But be on your guard. He’s quietly brilliant. He’ll take you down in chess. Three moves.”
From Literature
Enrigue has a long career of writing brilliant and gripping literary accounts of Mexico’s history with a daring flair.
From Los Angeles Times
"She was an extraordinary person, a brilliant writer, nice person and naughty."
From BBC
In 2002, when a Bush White House adviser called a Stanford economist looking for a sharp young hire, the professor immediately offered up Warsh: “The most brilliant student I’ve worked with.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
