splendid
Example Sentences
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But as a river novel, it’s splendid, and its principal villain is the 1938 flood.
From Los Angeles Times
Can three splendid pieces of music, inspired by trees, save our state?
From Los Angeles Times
Hosseini took his inspiration from a line in a 17th-century poem about the glory of Kabul, which refers to “the thousand splendid suns that hide behind her walls.”
From Seattle Times
“Write what you know” is splendid advice, but it can also perpetuate an unfortunate canard, namely that great literary accomplishment can be born only of direct, autobiographical experience.
From Los Angeles Times
The era comes to splendid life in “Some Like It Hot,” a new musical adaptation of the Billy Wilder film, now playing at the Shubert Theater.
From New York Times
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