with élan
Example Sentences
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And so it was with Hollywood, which over the course of four decades translated some of McMurtry’s best work for film, episodes narrated with élan by Mr. Streitfeld.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
Crewe keeps one eye on the past and the other on the future; his book brims with élan and feeling, an ode to eros and a lost world, and a warning about the dangers ahead.
From Washington Post • Dec. 29, 2022
O’Toole, a prolific essayist and critic, calls this inventive narrative “a personal history of modern Ireland” — an ambitious project, but one he pulls off with élan.
From New York Times • Nov. 29, 2022
He and his accomplished accompanist, Helmut Deutsch, retain the white tie and tails of yore, and Kaufmann carries it off with élan.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2021
But his Majesty was not to be baffled so: again he marched with vigor, and then returned to the attack with élan.
From The English Governess at the Siamese Court Being Recollections of Six Years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok by Leonowens, Anna Harriette
