How to use splendid in a sentence
40 example sentences · adjective
Splendid means possessing or displaying splendor; shining; very bright. Example: “The gardens are just divine, but the interior of the house are even more splendid.”
Examples of splendid by meaning
adjectivePossessing or displaying splendor; shining; very bright.
- a splendid sun
adjectiveGorgeous; magnificent; sumptuous; of remarkable beauty.
- a splendid palace
- a splendid procession
- a splendid pageant
adjectiveBrilliant, excellent, of a very high standard.
- "This is going to be perfectly splendid.1950, C. S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
More sentences with splendid
- The gardens are just divine, but the interior of the house are even more splendid.From the entry interior
- The enemy was in a splendid ‘posish’ on a high hill commanding the country.From the entry posish
- The Vienna riding school displays splendid rampant movement.From the entry rampant
- It's a splendid description of our Chapel building, which this year marked its sestercentenary.2019, Mark Smith, Chapel Report, Clare College, Cambridge, archived from the original on 05 Jul 2024. From the entry sestercentenary
- The loft was broad and high, with splendid rough-cut oak purlins and three large Veluxes.2018, R. S. Holt, Modern Magic: Stories of the Overbury Shops. From the entry purlin
- It is considered as one of the most splendid ceremonies in Taiwan.2018 August 29, “Cultural Youth Travel in August – Explore the glamour of festivals in Taiwan”, in Youth Development Administration…. From the entry Chungyuan
- Given the splendid opportunity of his marriage bed, she hadn't ignited.2017, T. Gertler, Elbowing the Seducer. From the entry passionproof
- "We'll be splendid pirates!" cried Mrs Grinling as she swashed and buckled around the room.2016, Ronda Armitage, The Lighthouse Keeper: The Lighthouse Keeper's Breakfast. From the entry swash
- Music lovers have long discerned a splendid aural feast in the sounds of the gamelan.1998, Michael Tenzer, chapter 1, in Balinese Music, Berkeley: Periplus Editions, page 11. From the entry clangorous
- He was wearing sleeve-garters and his smile revealed one splendid gold tooth.1998, Stephen King, chapter 21, in Bag of Bones, London: Hodder & Stoughton, page 352. From the entry sleeve garter
- It ends with a splendid phone conversation between Robin and her mother.1980 December 20, Stewart Landers, “Triangle Produces Good Gay Theater”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 22, page 14. From the entry frazzle
- Guirl for her Gibbaeum heathii, a splendid plant with some 20 heads.1969, Cactus and Succulent Journal of Great Britain. From the entry Guirl
- A great feast was served, too, and all was splendid—until midnight.1926, Isidora Newman, The Legend of the Tulip and Other Fairy Flowers. From the entry gobleted
- The Occidental who lives in that splendid house on the Phù-Cam is married to a Tonkinese.1925, Cl Chivas-Baron, Three Women of Annam, page 124. From the entry Tonkinese
- Birt, M.L.A., referred to the "splendid sacrifice" of public servants during the war period.1919 September 30, The Newcastle Sun, page 3, column 3. From the entry razoo
- Then there's Montenegro—splendid little state—you could lose a dozen Montenegroes up and down these great ranges.1915, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Herland. From the entry Montenegroes
- Buller's the best anesthetizer in the state and a splendid fellow besides.1913, Grace S. Richmond, Mrs. Red Pepper. From the entry anesthetizer
- "You 've pushed back the boundaries; I think it splendid of you."1908–1910 (date written; published 1910 October 18), E[dward] M[organ] Forster, “The Mystery Explained”, in Howards End, 1st American…. From the entry aflame
- 'Don't trouble' said the parson distantly, unmoved by the bepatched swagsman's splendid offer.1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia…. From the entry bepatched
- The splendid illustrations were prepared under the direct and personal supervision of Dr.1906, Southern Practitioner, page 121. From the entry delineator
- A splendid time is anticipated by the scribes and “scribesses” during the coming week.1905 July 26, S. H. Blan, “Editorial House Party”, in The Troy Messenger, volume 42, number 21, Troy, Ala., page [3], column 3. From the entry scribess
- With a splendid effort of self-control, Eustace assumed a débonnaire manner.1902, Percy White, The New Christians, New York, N.Y.: The Federal Book Company, page 394. From the entry débonnaire
- Everything is so splendid that it is like seeing the palace of Olympian Jove.1900, Homer, “Book IV”, in Samuel Butler, transl., The Odyssey: Rendered into English Prose for the Use of Those who Cannot Read the…. From the entry after one's own heart
- I relished every bite of the splendid sweet.2025, Ashok Kumar Bal, A Various World: People, Places, Perspectives. From the entry rasagola
- Curiel's cloud was golden—shining, shimmering, splendid golden.2018 April 24, E. L. Hound, The Heart of Time: An Almostbiography, page 14. From the entry shining, shimmering, splendid
- I bought a young splendid grass 'keet last weekend.1996 October 2, Cougar Ridge Vineyards, “grass parakeets”, in rec.pets.birds (Usenet). From the entry pair-bond
- We all had on tuxedos and the women were in their dresses and serious patrician shoes and splendid earwear.1989, Barry Hannah, Boomerang, page 148. From the entry earwear
- Leo crushed a couple of March flies to death on his splendid mahogany thigh and looked at her speculatively.1979, Thea Astley, Hunting the Wild Pineapple, Nelson, page 130. From the entry march fly
- Well, I think better a splendid fake than those little-bitty, itsy-poo nothing burger gold dinkies you wear only because they're real.1970, Helen Gurley Brown, Sex and the New Single Girl, revised edition, New York, N.Y.: Bernard Geis Associates, →OCLC, page 186. From the entry nothingburger
- At the southern end, in particular, the town of Haishenwei with its harbour would make a splendid port.1967, Henry McAleavy, “The Second Opium War”, in The Modern History of China, Frederick A. Praeger, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 91. From the entry Manchurian
- “Ain’t she a splendid specimen of Southern womanhood?” Rufus asked.1962, James Baldwin, Another Country, New York, N. Y.: The Dial Press, published January 1963, page 25. From the entry womenfolk
- It’s a splendid period of mutual rejection!1959, Eric W. Johnson, How to Live Through Junior High School, Lippincott, page 189. From the entry snatchier
- Next morning was so splendid that as he walked through the policies towards the mansion house despair itself was lulled.1955, Robin Jenkins, The Cone-Gatherers, Canongate, published 2012, page 36. From the entry policy
- Father had a splendid chest of camphor-wood which had come from England round the Horn in a sailing-ship with him.1942, Emily Carr, “Sunday”, in The Book of Small, Toronto, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →OCLC. From the entry camphory
- Other men there were who did splendid work.1934 May 31, Daniel F[lorence] Cohalan, quotee, “Two Sons of ‘Rebel Cork’: [Tim] Healy and [Michael] Collins; Judge Cohalan’s Fine…. From the entry Corkonian
Meaning of splendid
- adjective Possessing or displaying splendor; shining; very bright.
- adjective Gorgeous; magnificent; sumptuous; of remarkable beauty.
- adjective Brilliant, excellent, of a very high standard.
Questions about splendid in a sentence
- How do you use splendid in a sentence?
- Splendid is used as an adjective. For example: “The gardens are just divine, but the interior of the house are even more splendid.”
- What is a short sentence with splendid?
- “a splendid pageant”
- What does splendid mean?
- Splendid means possessing or displaying splendor; shining; very bright.
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