Example sentences for: aura

How can you use “aura” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • These pictures--including one depicting a party held, incongruously, in one of the Town Hall chambers--have a dreamlike aura.

  • When a hypnotherapist keels over from a heart attack in the middle of giving him instructions on how to relax and follow his instincts, Peter emerges with an aura of serene indestructibility and a gonzo rebelliousness that makes him, paradoxically, more attractive to the faceless consultants whom his company has hired to downsize the labor force.

  • Democratic presidential candidate Bill Bradley is all aura, according to a profile.

  • Eastwood makes use of the traditional tools--his size, his handsomeness, the aura of mystery he so manifestly cultivates.

  • Doctorow's 1975 novel about turn-of-the-century America gets saddled with forgettable tunes by Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens and a book by Terrence McNally that is "thuddingly didactic," especially on race (Lloyd Rose, the Washington Post ). The show has "the aura of something assembled by corporate committee," says the New York Times ' Ben Brantley.


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