eclat
Example Sentences
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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
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
Alas! in America interviewing is quite a common-place affair, and it gives no éclat to be interviewed.
From Pictures of Canadian Life A Record of Actual Experiences by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)
Vocabulary lists containing eclat
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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