Splendor

//ˈsplɛndə//

"Splendor" in a Sentence (14 examples)

By morning the clouds had lifted and the whole length of the Himalayas lay before us in all its splendor.

The reason the Northern and Southern Dynasties had failed in their rule was that they allowed literary splendor to surpass real substance.

When I lived in the countryside, I could see millions of stars at night but I had no one with whom to share their splendor.

Can you imagine Babel's splendor?

Little by little the sky cleared. The sun came out in full splendor and the sea became as calm as a lake.

Nature laughs at human suffering; Only ever contemplating its own grandeur, it dispenses with all its sovereign forces, and keeps calm and splendor for its own.

There was a magnificent sunset, and the snowy hills and deep-blue water of the St. Lawrence Gulf seemed to rim in the splendor like a huge bowl of pearl and sapphire brimmed with wine and fire.

Cairo photojournalist Hamada Elrasam gives us a peek inside the magnificent stone structure whose beauty and splendor gives visitors a sense of what was once one of the world's most vibrant Jewish communities.

The lotus flower feareth the splendor of the sun; bowing her head and dreaming, she waits till the day is done.

In traditional Hungarian attire, Dorottya's beauty takes on a whole new level of splendor, with vibrant colors and intricate embroidery complementing her grace.

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What tho’ the moon—the white moon Shed all the splendour of her noon, Her smile is chilly—and her beam, In that time of dreariness, will seem (So like you gather in your breath) A portrait taken after death.

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.

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

The original family who had begun to build a palace to rival Nonesuch had died out before they had put up little more than the gateway, so that the actual structure which had come down to posterity retained the secret magic of a promise rather than the overpowering splendour of a great architectural achievement.

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