Example sentences for: top-notch

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

  • Both agree that the fight scenes, an extended desert chase sequence, and the special effects and scenery are top-notch.

  • The art direction, costume design, and photography are top-notch: "It's the most gorgeous, sumptuous, painterly movie ever made about multiple decapitations" (Jeff Giles, Newsweek ). Johnny Depp, playing Ichabod Crane as an effete Manhattan detective sent to get to the bottom of a rash of beheadings, shines (or more accurately, is appropriately pallid).

  • "Every so often, though not close to often enough, something sharp and radiant pierces through the acrid smog that is being called 'Annie Get Your Gun,' " (Ben Brantley, the New York Times ). The radiance mentioned is all from Annie as played by Broadway vet Bernadette Peters, who everyone agrees is top-notch.

  • Some critics complain that "for all the crinkle and lilt" of the dialogue and the top-notch ensemble cast, the film "sags in the middle" (Stanley Kauffman, the New Republic ). Maslin warns that the film is "a collection of sea changes and splendidly realized small moments rather than a story of overarching action."

  • Another possibility is the Egyptian group Islamic Jihad, which earlier this week issued anti-American warnings in the Egyptian newspaper Al-Hayat . Washington has dispatched top-notch investigative teams to the scene, and President Clinton stated, "We will use all the means at our disposal to bring those responsible to justice, no matter what or how long it takes."


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