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eclat

[ey-klah, ey-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

And after Andre Schiffrin left in February as head of Random House's esteemed Pantheon division, where profit had always been secondary to literary eclat, company officials hastened to portray him as fiscally incompetent.

From Time Magazine Archive

No flattery can seduce it—no eclat allure—no bribe purchase—no tyrant awe—no misfortune bend—no intrigue corrupt—no adversity crush—no tortures can subdue it.

From Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution by L. Carroll Judson

Ford ends his appreciation with éclat, holding up the famous opening paragraphs of Great Expectations as the work of a “master stylist”.

From The Guardian Jun. 9, 2020

She finds the vulnerable beauty of “Will He Like Me?,” she blows the lid off “Vanilla Ice Cream” and she handles the tricky letter-writing ditty “Dear Friend” with éclat.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 3, 2020

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

Nor was it so long after that event they were recommenced, and carried on with greater éclat than ever.

From No Quarter! by Mayne Reid




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