eclat

Example Sentences

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When one hospital resident ruefully muses that “Heaven’ll be the same as Heathrow. There’ll be a VIP lounge,” the economic lunacy of our age is skewered with droll éclat.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2018

Nonetheless, France did manage a few moments of éclat et élan in that semifinal, and none were more breathtaking than Kylian Mbappé’s backheel.

From Slate • Jul. 14, 2018

Indeed, that the 500th anniversary of Luther’s act has been noted without éclat in the United States may be something to celebrate.

From Time • Oct. 30, 2017

I also heard the éclat of my calf-high winter boots, crunching on icy sidewalks.

From New York Times • Dec. 28, 2013

And a great man budded unnoticed in a tailor's house at Rotterdam this year, and a large man dropped to earth with great éclat.

From The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages by Reade, Charles