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eclat

[ay-klah, ay-kla] / eɪˈklɑ, eɪˈkla /


éclat


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This was one of his regularly misfiring tricks, but today, miracle of miracles, he performed it with such adroitness and eclat that he couldn't think of any reason not to go on living.

From BBC ● May 23, 2020

There was great rejoicing over the event at Scranton, Pennsylvania, where cannon, bells and whistles of locomotives were employed to give eclat to the occasion.

From Seattle Times ● May 8, 2019

Dolley’s eclat served Madison well; he may have been a raconteur at his own dinner table, but social skills eluded him outside the doors of Montpelier or the White House.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 19, 2015

Then in 1955 they spotted Pittsburgh's ailing Fort Pitt beer company, and took it over with all the eclat of two cub scouts finding the Northwest Passage.

From Time Magazine Archive

Thumbelina, the little maid, threw open the door of number seven with eclat.

From Sea and Sardinia by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

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

As Claire, Duncan acts with her usual éclat, but her performance is distinguished for being so grounded in the collective drama.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2014

I, too, heard the éclat of the world.

From New York Times ● Dec. 28, 2013

Ross was present to add shy éclat to the opening weekend.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 27, 2013

A band gives éclat to an out-door gathering and confers local importance upon it.

From Manners and Rules of Good Society or Solecisms to be Avoided by Anonymous




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