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Example sentences for: splendor

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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.
Adjoining the church but with a separate outdoor entrance in the back are the Medici Chapels (Cappelle Medicee), monuments to the splendor and decadence of the family dynasty.
The interior is a model of only slightly tattered splendor, but the exquisite Palace Gardens are the pride of Queluz, with imaginative fountains, and armies of statues.
He makes me think of Liberace, another man of great talent famous for over-the-top sartorial splendor that made people nervous.
Some critics (such as the New York Times ' Maslin) nearly fall out of their chairs in awe at the operatic splendor of the music and pageantry--"blazing with exquisite yet abstract passions."