eclat

Example Sentences

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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

Now I remembered a line from Walt Whitman: “As I walk, solitary, unattended, around me I hear that éclat of the world.”

From New York Times • Dec. 28, 2013

She didn’t create the financial bubble but she soared on it, profited from it, merged its fantasy of wealth and éclat with hers.

From Time • Jul. 25, 2013

Ann dropped the poker into the fender with some éclat and stood up and looked at her hot face in the glass.

From Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)