éclat
Example Sentences
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Few American artists of the 20th century arrived with quite his éclat.
From New York Times • May 4, 2024
When one hospital resident ruefully muses that “Heaven’ll be the same as Heathrow. There’ll be a VIP lounge,” the economic lunacy of our age is skewered with droll éclat.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2018
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
Indeed, that the 500th anniversary of Luther’s act has been noted without éclat in the United States may be something to celebrate.
From Time • Oct. 30, 2017
Challemel also wishes me to go, says a woman gives more éclat to an Embassy.
From Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 by Waddington, Mary King
Vocabulary lists containing éclat
English Words Derived from French, List 9
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Eight Cousins
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The Last of the Mohicans
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