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How to use splendor in a sentence

20 example sentences · noun

Splendor means great light, luster or brilliance. Example: “The splendor of the Queen's coronation was without comparison.”

Examples of splendor by meaning

nounGreat light, luster or brilliance.

  • Once upon a time on an uninhabited island on the shores of the Red Sea, there lived a Parsee from whose hat the rays of the sun were reflected in more-than-oriental-splendour.1902, Rudyard Kipling, “How the Rhinoceros got its skin”, in Just So Stories

nounMagnificent appearance, display or grandeur.

  • The splendor of the Queen's coronation was without comparison.

More sentences with splendor

  • Botticelli's Venus, born of the salty brine, was dressed in nothing but splendor.1992, Armando Riverol, Live from Atlantic City: The History of the Miss America Pageant Before, After and in Spite of Television, Popular…. From the entry bathing beauty
  • The sandcastler “is engaged in creating a moment of triumph, a moment of splendor and personal achievement.1981, Books of the Times, page 338. From the entry sandcastler
  • Chairman Mao asked me to compose a song to record the splendor of this grand occasion.1972, Willis Barnstone, transl., The Poems of Mao Tse-tung, Bantam Books, →OCLC, page 143. From the entry Yen-Pien
  • She convinces him to relinquish the perilous mission and settle down in matrimonial splendor and the jubilant pitter-patter of scampering gnomettes.2019, Ray Bussard, Gurgurtha: The Epic Quest, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 164. From the entry gnomette
  • Many of them are still basking in baronial splendor, apparently unscathed even by the pangs of guilty conscience.2015, Jason Zweig, The Devil's Financial Dictionary, PublicAffairs, →ISBN, page 1. From the entry earn
  • Century stops before an eel-ship, coiled in jewel-skinned splendor.2015 December, A. Merc Rustad, “Tomorrow When We See the Sun”, in John Joseph Adams, editor, Lightspeed, number 67, archived from the…. From the entry klaxon
  • What delight, what splendor, what variety, what beauty, what poetry!”2010, Richard Wortman, “[Fedor] Solntsev, [Alexey] Olenin, and the Development of a Russian National Aesthetic”, in Cynthia Hyla…. From the entry boiar
  • We need to encourage stay-close-to-home vacations, or "stay-cations," and check out nature's splendor, recreational opportunities and entertainment attractions nearby.2009 June, Tom Turnipseed, “Simplicity, Simply Put”, in Cecile Andrews, Wanda Urbanska, Less is More: Embracing Simplicity for a Healthy…. From the entry staycation
  • Getting a ticket is one thing, finding a suitable place from which to enjoy the cinematic splendors can be quite another.2009 January 2, David Carr, “I’m Trying to See All These Movies. You Want to Talk? Go Home!”, in New York Times. From the entry splendors
  • Gloomily, I noted the splendor of Melody's thighs, peachily tan.1991, Lindsley Cameron, The Prospect of Detachment. From the entry peachily
  • They argued that this is one of the few places in the world where the coast and the aquatorium remain in their primordial splendor.1987 February, Victor Rudenko, “Kara-Dag: Pearl of the Crimea”, in Soviet Life, number 365, Embassy of the Union of Soviet Socialist…. From the entry aquatorium
  • Two years ago, in safari-jacketed splendor, Arledge emerged from a golden career as head of ABC Sports to take over ABC News as well.1979, Briton Hadden (editor), Henry Robinson Luce (contributor), Time, volume 114, numbers 10-18, page 83. From the entry safari-jacketed
  • East Chicago, Ind., a smoky Lake Michigan steel town that isn't exactly famous for its esthetic splendor even when the sun shines.1976 January 24, National Observer, 1, 1. From the entry steel
  • Though his sabre still hung in the sheath at his belt, it was hidden by the long jubba of rainbow silk reserved for holiday splendor.1938, Walter Claremartin, Golden Hour of Guchee. From the entry jubba
  • I have been proof against the garish splendors and alcoholic excitements of the ordinary stage combinations of Tappertitian romance with the police intelligence.1903, George Bernard Shaw, “Preface”, in Man and Superman. From the entry Tappertitian
  • The record doesn't refuse to rock: the trebly attack of songs like "Drown" and "Route" is reminiscent of the bashy splendor of the earliest Tupelo releases.1995 August 4, Bill Wyman, “Son Volt”, in Chicago Reader. From the entry bashy
  • A few, perhaps, have a further purpose; they desire to assist in that circus, to show themselves in the capacity of fashionables, to enchant the yokelry with their splendor.1991 September 20, George Grass, “Star Show”, in Chicago Reader. From the entry fashionable
  • Flooding with fore-glory the pages of the Book they all point forward to one focal spot of splendor upon God's horizon of the end-time upon which all eyes are centered.1918, James Henry McConkey, The End of the Age. From the entry foreglory

Meaning of splendor

  1. noun Great light, luster or brilliance.
  2. noun Magnificent appearance, display or grandeur.
  3. noun Great fame or glory.

Full definition of splendor

Questions about splendor in a sentence

How do you use splendor in a sentence?
Splendor is used as a noun. For example: “The splendor of the Queen's coronation was without comparison.”
What is a short sentence with splendor?
“Century stops before an eel-ship, coiled in jewel-skinned splendor.”
What does splendor mean?
Splendor means great light, luster or brilliance.

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