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Example sentences for: splendor

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Some of its splendor fell victim to 19th-century building speculation, but the avenue remained fashionable until the bombs of World War II reduced it to rubble.
Greider brings "the global economic beast to life in all its splendor and horror" (Matthew Miller, in the New York Times ). The passion of his polemic recalls Rousseau and Martin Luther (Walter Russell Mead, Foreign Affairs ). But few are persuaded by Greider's conclusions.
At its eastern end, primary-colored buildings — a showcase of tragic splendor — seem to fall apart before your eyes.
All London cheered when Henry VI was driven from office by Edward IV, an almost unbelievably charismatic and handsome man whose personal badge, the Sun in Splendor, evokes the image of a shining city on a hill.
As a member of the Board of Trustees of the Indianapolis Civic Theatre, I believe that the dilemma we're faced with is not how we can afford to continue our programming at its current level of excellence, but rather how we can rally the community to support these efforts that only serve to enhance the cultural splendor of our city and provide educational outlets for our children.