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

At the White House, Mrs. Carter started out with some eclat, setting forth in June 1977 on a 13-day, seven-nation tour of Latin America.

From Time Magazine Archive

The capture of Burgoyne gave an eclat in Europe to the American arms, and facilitated the alliance with France.

From The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Volume III. 1791-1804 by Thomas Paine

Bruch’s Fantasy is devilishly difficult to perform, but like Beethoven’s concerto, its difficulty lies in the vulnerability it requires of the soloist more than in feats of technical éclat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

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

The iambic pentameter isn’t delivered with percussive éclat but spoken with conversational formality.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2017

The campaign started with considerable éclat among the ranks of Greeley's supporters and corresponding depression on the other side.

From The Life of Lyman Trumbull by Horace White