splendent

Example Sentences

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Radiant and serene, in the boundless calm of the heavens, the splendent lanterns seemed suspended on stationary craft peacefully rocked at anchor.

From The Strollers by Fisher, Harrison

The splendent sun no splendour can display, Till on gross things he dash his broken ray, From cloud and tree and flower re-tossed in prismy spray.

From Sister Songs; an offering to two sisters by Thompson, Francis

Those who know thee—once splendent in power and in pelf, King erstwhile in Zion—uplifting the hand, Shall curse thee, Zedekiah.

From Jeremiah A Drama in Nine Scenes by Zweig, Stefan

Jarl Eric, splendent with this victory, not to speak of that over the Jomsburgers with his father long ago, was now made Governor of Norway: Governor or quasi-sovereign, with his brother, Jarl.

From Early Kings of Norway by Carlyle, Thomas

Seest not the sheen Of links their splendent tresses fling?

From The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir