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
Shepard stages his chases and crashes with élan, fills his supporting cast with colorful characters and generates genuine stakes and chemistry with Bell — unsurprising, since they’re longtime, offscreen partners.
From New York Times • Apr. 28, 2023
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
He inhabits his costumes — no matter how eccentric — with élan.
From Washington Post • Oct. 19, 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
