eclat

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

Last week the drums were beating as, with much eclat, bright and chirpy Barbara Porritt stepped ashore at Melbourne.

From Time Magazine Archive

Louis Napoleon has the eclat of his name to work upon the ignorant millions of country voters: unless that other shall have similar eclat, there is no hope.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 by Various

He was soigné, to use one of his favorite words, and he had éclat, to use another.

From New York Times ● Jan. 22, 2022

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

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

Here he was received, according to his own account, which there is no reason to question, with the greatest enthusiasm and éclat.

From Count Frontenac Makers of Canada, Volume 3 by William Dawson LeSueur